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Phrase(s): doesn’t have the sense God gave geese [and] doesn’t have the sense God gave him (or her)
Prov. Doesn’t have basic common sense. (Also with don’t. Don’t used with all persons is folksy.) • Mary’s going out in this incredibly cold weather without a hat or gloves. She doesn’t have the sense God gave geese. • It was obvious that the man was a swindler, but George gave him all his money anyway. I swear, George doesn’t have the sense God gave him.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs