"Blinking" is a minced oath. It stands for "bloody," which until recently was as taboo in Britain as the f-word was in America
The Merchant of Venice
Shakespeare did not use the phrase "a boiling idiot". You are probably thinking of "a blinking idiot", which comes from The Merchant of Venice.
Yes, it's from The Merchant of Venice
Portia said 'blinking idiot' in the Merchant of Venice.
The meaning or insult 'Blinking idiot' comes from Shakespeares Play 'Merchant of Venice' Thankyou for looking up Shakespeares plays they are a great historian play!
The phrase "blinking idiot" is not a direct quote from any of William Shakespeare's plays. It may be a modern adaptation or interpretation of a character's dialogue in one of his works, but it is not a famous line from Shakespeare's original text.
It's a cursor, you IDIOT!Improved: Actually it's called the insertion point, idiot.
Elizabethan English is still English, and "idiot" in English is "idiot". It is ridiculous to think that Shakespeare wrote in a foreign language. Examples of "idiot" in Shakespeare include "Tis a tale told by an idiot" (Macbeth) and "the portrait of a blinking idiot" (Merchant of Venice)
The Swahili word for idiot is "mjinga."
The word idiot is not in The Bible.
it's called an insertion point...you IDIOT
The German word for Idiot is "Trottel"