as foolish as my teacher vs as folish as the teacher

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'As foolish as my teacher' is used when comparing someone's foolishness to that of their specific teacher. 'As foolish as the teacher' is used when making a general comparison to a teacher's foolishness without specifying whose teacher it is.

Last updated: March 25, 2024 • 941 views

as foolish as my teacher

This phrase is correct and commonly used when comparing someone's foolishness to that of their specific teacher.

This phrase is used to emphasize how foolish someone is by comparing them to their own teacher. It implies a personal connection to the teacher being referenced.

Examples:

He was acting as foolish as my teacher during the class.
She made a decision as foolish as my teacher would have.
I've never seen anyone as foolish as my teacher in that situation.
Her behavior was as foolish as my teacher's sometimes.
He can be as foolish as my teacher when he's in a bad mood.

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This Orestes is as foolish as his father.
Now you must feel as foolish as you look.
You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world.
You're as foolish as Leonidas if you think men don't have a price in this world.
Now, Henry, don't even consider anything as foolish as that.
Then you are as foolish as the rest of them!
Of course I don't expecting you... to be as foolish as me, and of course I prediction you say no... but it's Christmas and I just wanted to... check.
He wasn't so foolish as to write in the amount.
For the record, I never saw your smile as foolish.
I was as reckless and foolish as only young men can be.
I can only hope we aren't as foolish.
So perhaps my methods were not as foolish after all.
My teacher is a total psycho.
You have a meetingwith my teacher monday.
Sturdy tree are my teachers now.
I will give to my teachers...
You're my teacher and my teacher's teacher.
My nephew is as foolish with money as he is in his new philosophies.
There's no way someone as foolish looking as this is a Hunter.
A grown woman wouldn't be as foolish... as to argue like this.

Alternatives:

as foolish as the teacher
as foolish as a teacher
as foolish as teachers in general
as foolish as some teachers
as foolish as those teachers

as folish as the teacher

This phrase is correct and commonly used when making a general comparison to a teacher's foolishness without specifying whose teacher it is.

This phrase is used to compare someone's foolishness to that of a teacher in general, without referring to any specific teacher. It implies a more generic comparison.

Examples:

She was behaving as foolish as the teacher in that situation.
His actions were as foolish as the teacher's sometimes.
I've seen students act as foolish as the teacher before.
Don't be as foolish as the teacher in handling this matter.
It's not wise to act as foolish as the teacher.

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Bigger than the mayor and the teacher.
The teacher, that the journalist said.
And the teacher responsible for this remains silent.
Because the teacher decides what's said or thought.
We saw the teacher had visitors.
The teacher being fourteen minutes late.
The teacher of our music club is handsome.
Looks like the teacher just got schooled.
The teacher said there was an altercation.
The teacher gave John a prize.
The teacher wrote English sentences on the blackboard.
The teacher told me study harder.
The teacher told him to study English hard.
The teacher allowed him to go home.
The teacher let him go home.
The great thing about the teacher-student relationship is the teacher can often learn more from the student.
For example, New York passed a law that said that the teacher improvement data could not be made available and used in the tenure decision for the teachers.
The teachers' unions had their contracts ripped up.
At school, all the teachers were nice to me.
The teacher asked her student to stay after class.

Alternatives:

as foolish as my teacher
as foolish as a teacher
as foolish as teachers in general
as foolish as some teachers
as foolish as those teachers

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