a sandwich short of a picnic

one sandwich short of a picnic

A pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: one card short of a full deck, one brick shy of a full load, etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be one sandwich short of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's one sandwich short of a picnic, if you ask me.

See also: of, one, picnic, sandwich, short

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

a sandwich (or two sandwiches) short of a picnic

(of a person) stupid or crazy. informal

词组	a sandwich short of a picnic
释义	a sandwich short of a picnic one sandwich short of a picnic A pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: one card short of a full deck, one brick shy of a full load, etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be one sandwich short of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's one sandwich short of a picnic, if you ask me. See also: of, one, picnic, sandwich, short Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a sandwich (or two sandwiches) short of a picnic (of a person) stupid or crazy. informal See also: of, picnic, sandwich, short Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: a few bricks short of a (full) load a few bricks shy/short of a load a few sandwiches short of a picnic a few, two, etc. bricks short of a load few bricks short of a load one brick shy of a (full) load one brick shy of a load one sandwich short of a picnic picnic sandwich
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