useful idiot

Etymology
The earliest known usage in Western media is in a 1948 article in the social-democratic Italian paper  – as cited in the New York Times article on Italian politics (see quotations). Often misattributed to.

Noun

 * 1)  A Communist sympathizer in Western countries, from the perspective of the political right.
 * 2)  One who is seen as unwittingly supporting a malignant cause through naive attempts to be a force for good.
 * 1)  One who is seen as unwittingly supporting a malignant cause through naive attempts to be a force for good.
 * 1)  One who is seen as unwittingly supporting a malignant cause through naive attempts to be a force for good.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 有用的白痴
 * Czech: užitečný idiot
 * Danish: nyttig idiot
 * Estonian: kasulik idioot
 * Finnish: hyödyllinen idiootti
 * French: ,
 * German: nützlicher Idiot, nützliche Idiotin
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: אידיוט שימושי
 * Hungarian: hasznos idióta
 * Icelandic: nytsamur sakleysingi
 * Italian: utile idiota
 * Korean: 유용한 바보
 * Marathi: उपयोगी मूर्ख, कामाचा मूर्ख
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: nyttig idiot
 * Nynorsk: nyttig idiot
 * Polish:, pożyteczna idiotka
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, поле́зная идио́тка
 * Spanish: idiota útil, tonto útil, tonta útil
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: పనికొచ్చే చవట
 * Ukrainian: кори́сний ідіо́т, кори́сна ідіо́тка