sandwich short of a picnic

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• be one sandwich short of a picnic — humorous, humorous if someone is one sandwich short of a picnic, they are stupid or crazy. After talking to him for about 10 minutes I decided he was definitely one sandwich short of a picnic …   New idioms dictionary

• one sandwich short of a picnic — Phrs. Eccentric, insane, odd. Also as two sandwiches short of a picnic …   English slang and colloquialisms

• two sandwiches short of a picnic — Phrs. Eccentric, insane, odd. Also phrased as one sandwich short of a picnic …   English slang and colloquialisms

• short — short1 W1S1 [ʃo:t US ʃo:rt] adj comparative shorter superlative shortest ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(time)¦ 2¦(length/distance)¦ 3¦(not tall)¦ 4¦(book/letter)¦ 5¦(not enough)¦ 6 be short on something 7¦(less than)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• short — I [[t]ʃɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]] ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES ♦ shorter, shortest (Please look at category 24 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown under another headword.) 1) ADJ GRADED If something is short or lasts for a short time, it does… …   English dictionary

• a few fries short of a happy meal — adj intellectually impaired, deranged, eccentric. This variation on the lines of the colloquial one sandwich short of a picnic was popular among students in the UK, and also recorded in the USA in 2002. The reference is to a McDonald s fast food… …   Contemporary slang

• Pup on a Picnic — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Pup on a Picnic series = Tom and Jerry caption = Title card of Pup on a Picnic . director = William Hanna Joseph Barbera story artist = William Hanna Joseph Barbera animator = Ray Patterson Kenneth Muse Ed …   Wikipedia

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• stubby — A short, squat beer bottle with a capacity of 375 ml. The bottle is stubby (short and thick) in comparison with the tall and slender 750 ml beer bottle. The stereotypical Australian male is often depicted drinking a stubby, while dressed in a… …   Australian idioms

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