Who taught: Carl

Shed

Here is the definition of shed on Wikipedia.

It is typically a simple, single-story structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in the complexity of their construction and their size, from small open-sided tin-roofed structures to large wood-framed sheds with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets. Sheds used on farms or in industry can be large structures.

There are so many different types of sheds, such as bike shed, hay shed, garden shed, or boat shed.

Most of sheds have bunch of tools in them. Now, imagine you are in your garden shed and looking at different tools. Well, a few of them would be in good shape and some of them are too old and covered with rust.

Having this kind feeling in your mind, I would like to suggest a good expression you can use to describe a person who is not really intelligent. “Not the sharpest tool in the shed!”

So, next time if you meet someone you think he/she is not intelligent at all, instead of saying, “He is an idiot!”, try to say, “He is apparently not the sharpest tool in the shed.”

I learned this one from Carl who is my boss. So, this might be one of the expressions used by old people. (Carl does not look like old at all but in fact he is quite old.) My young friends! (If you are younger than me, you can consider you are young 🙂 ) What do you think? Would you use this or have you ever used this one?