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Idiom

one brick short of a full load

Meaning

Stupid.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He's nice, but honestly, he's one brick short of a full load.”

“She tried to explain the plan three times, but he still didn't understand — one brick short of a full load.”

“The charming stranger who claimed he could speak to squirrels was, his new neighbors soon realized, one brick short of a full load.”

Examples

simple

“He's nice, but honestly, he's one brick short of a full load.”

contextual

“She tried to explain the plan three times, but he still didn't understand — one brick short of a full load.”

complex

“The charming stranger who claimed he could speak to squirrels was, his new neighbors soon realized, one brick short of a full load.”

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