# melon head

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/melon-head
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

A dimwit, a fool

## Examples

- Don't be such a melon head and listen to me.
- I felt like a total melon head after I realized I had been holding my phone the wrong way for ten minutes.
- The professor sighed at the student's repeated errors, wondering if he was truly a melon head or simply not paying attention to the lecture.

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