folly

Torheit, Unvernunft

Mangel an gutem Urteilsvermögen, besonders wenn man mögliche Probleme ignoriert oder handelt, ohne vorauszudenken.

In einfachem Englisch: A lack of good judgment, especially when someone ignores likely problems or acts without thinking ahead.

• Going alone would be folly.
• She regretted the follies of her youth.
• The disaster exposed the folly of building on the floodplain.

So benutzt man es: it is folly to do something (It is folly to spend money you do not have.); the folly of doing something (He realized the folly of ignoring her advice.)

Synonyme: foolishness, stupidity

Gegenteile: wisdom

Häufige Wendungen: sheer folly, the folly of, act of folly

Staffagebau, Folly

Ungewöhnliches Gebäude, das hauptsächlich schön oder interessant aussehen soll und kaum einen praktischen Zweck hat.

In einfachem Englisch: An unusual building made mainly to look interesting or beautiful, rather than for a practical use.

• A stone folly stands in the garden.
• The tower is a folly built to resemble a ruined castle.
• Visitors can walk around the estate's unusual follies.

Häufige Wendungen: garden folly, ornamental folly, eighteenth-century folly