storey

top story

1. Literally, a higher or the highest level of a building. The executives all have their offices in the top stories of the sky scraper. We converted the top story into a standalone apartment that we rent out.
2. The brain; one's ability to think, understand, and rationalize. He's attractive, all right, but I don't think there's much going on in the top story. I never felt like I had a strong enough of an top story to do a master's degree.
See also: story, top

upper story

1. Literally, a higher or the highest level of a building. The executives all have their offices in the upper stories of the skyscraper. We converted the upper story into a standalone apartment that we rent out.
2. The brain; one's ability to think, understand, and rationalize. He's attractive, all right, but I don't think there's much going on in the upper story. I never felt like I had a strong enough of an upper story to do a master's degree.
See also: story, upper
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

top story

 and upper story
Sl. the brain; one's mind and intellect. A little weak in the upper story, but other than that, a great guy. He has nothing for a top story.
See also: story, top
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

upper story

The head or brain, as in He's not all there in the upper story. This expression transfers the literal sense of a higher floor in a multistory building to the top portion of the human body. Richard Bentley used it in A Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris (1699), where he compares a man with "brains ... in his head" to a man who has "furniture in his upper story."
See also: story, upper
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

top story

and upper story
n. the brain. I don’t think her top story is occupied. A little weak in the upper story, but other than that, a great guy.
See also: story, top

upper story

verb
See top story
See also: story, upper
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • top story
  • come on top of
  • come on top of (something)
  • the top five/ten/etc.
  • the top ten, twenty, etc.
  • top
  • top (oneself)
  • be thin on top
  • be/get thin on top
  • thin on top
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The Standards Board ruled that Cllr Storey breached the councillors' code of conduct by seeking to improperly influence a council officer.
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Simon Heptinstall, chief executive of Storey Carpets, said: "We were delighted to receive this fabulous award again which is very much an accolade to the Storey Carpets team.
Football pundit for Storey's hat-trick
In his laboratory, Ken Storey has found that frozen "frogsicles" have no heartbeat, brain activity, or breath.
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"Every mine is different," says Storey. "But it's a product everyone can use."
Mini crusher eliminates need to move rubble
The Committee considered evidence from Storey, who was legally represented, and a statement from Renwick, as well as viewing a video recording of the race.
Storey given five-day `improper riding' ban
Storey: I think we should take things one year at a time.
What's Ahead for DONs
Storey contends that literary critics need to "take seriously the implications of human evolution" for their field.
Darwin and Dickens
The Achilles heel provided by p53-arginine may come into play only when the p53 protein is confronted with these strains of HPV, Storey says.
Virus, cervical cancer link clarified
Second, 'residential side buildings' include two storeys of rest house, three storeys of residence for employees of grades 1 to 10, three storeys for employees of grades 11 to 14, four storeys for employees of grades 16 to 18, two storeys for officers of grade 19, single storey block of grade 20 and three storeys of National Academy Of Performing Arts (NAPA).
Foundation stone of Islamabad Model Prison laid again
Raymond Brown had bumped into old friend Trevor Storey at a bash at a club in Blyth, Northumberland.
Man bit pal at wedding bash; RECEPTION ERUPTED INTO VIOLENCE
THE following planning applications have been received by Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council: Single storey rear extension at Spindle Lane, Shirley; Single storey rear extension at Station Road, Balsall Common; Single storey and two-storey extensions to front, rear and sides with detached double garage at Deers Leap, Hampton Lane, Meriden; Rear single storey extension to form kitchen and lounge at Marsh Lane, Solihull; Two-storey rear extension to form ground floor dining room with bedroom over at Littlewood Close, Solihull; First floor bedroom and en-suite ground floor kitchen extension and conversion of garage into dining room and covered way at Poplar Road, Dorridge; Open-air decked seating area to front of White Horse Inn, Kenilworth Road, Balsall Common.
Planning Applications
Sunderland-based Storey Carpets is investing more than pounds 100,000 in its store at Castletown to bring its latest retail concept to Wearside.
Carpet firm branches out into wood
The international celebrity of the building, and the imperative necessity to avoid untoward intervention to its remarkable and largely intact structure, led to the conversion of the upper storeys to provide a boardroom, reception facilities and other accommodation for Nestle France's directors, and the retention of the 1920s generators as permanent features of the lowest storey, which also serves as a sheltered bridge.
Nestle confection