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galah noun [ ɡəˈlɑː ]

• a small Australian cockatoo with a grey back and rosy pink head and underparts.
• a stupid person.
Origin: mid 19th century: from Yuwaalaraay (an Aboriginal language of New South Wales).

make a galah of oneself

• behave in an incompetent or inappropriate way that makes one appear foolish.
"I'm always making a galah of myself"

as mad as a gum tree full of galahs

• (of a person) completely mad or irrational; crazy.
"you're as mad as a gum tree full of galahs, sliding down that hill!"



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