Medieval towns celebrated Feasts of Fools with music, masks, and playful reversals of social roles.

The flannelled fools cheered as the autumn parade went by, their plaid shirts flapping in the wind.

Many of the old empires were built on fools' paradises that collapsed when reality intervened.

The villagers left lanterns by the roadside to guide the fool-saints on their nighttime pilgrimage.

Although outsiders dismissed them as motley fools, the group solved the puzzle before anyone else.

Even after the scandal, the trustees insisted they were no one's fools and would protect the charity's funds.

They may be young, but they're nobody's fools when it comes to managing money.

Agreeing to work unlimited overtime for the promise of a vague promotion felt like a fool's bargain.

The fossil fools disrupted the climate summit with slogans denying the science.

Even after the oil spill, he still acted like a fossil fool, insisting on driving his gas-guzzler every day.