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idiomsb swims round the bowl once and forgets who he/she isspoken a humorous expression used in order to say that someone is stupid:What does Fiona see in the guy? He swims round the bowl and forgets who he is.Most of the contestants in the Miss Sweetcorn pageant looked as though they'd swum round the bowl and forgotten who they were.NoteThis idiom is comparing a person to a goldfish (=a small orange fish often kept as a pet), which is only supposed to remember things for three second - just long enough to swim around the container it is kept in.
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