folly

stoltezza, follia

Mancanza di buon senso, soprattutto quando si ignorano possibili problemi o si agisce senza pensare alle conseguenze.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Come si usa: 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.)

Sinonimi: foolishness, stupidity

Contrari: wisdom

Espressioni comuni: sheer folly, the folly of, act of folly

capriccio architettonico

Costruzione insolita realizzata soprattutto per apparire bella o interessante, più che per un uso pratico.

In inglese semplice: 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.

Espressioni comuni: garden folly, ornamental folly, eighteenth-century folly