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词组 no more than ninepence in the shilling
释义

no more than ninepence in the shilling of low intelligence. dated

☞ Since the decimalization of the British coinage, this phrase has gradually fallen out of use, but there are numerous other humorous variations on the theme of someone not possessing their proper share of brains or intelligence, for example a sandwich short of a picnic (seesandwich).

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