Idiom
short of a sheet
SlangCockney rhyming slang
Meaning
in the street
Examples
“He acts like he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic.”
“I think he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic because he tried to fix the sink with duct tape.”
“The villagers whispered that the eccentric inventor was a few sandwiches short of a picnic, given his strange habit of talking to the birds.”
Examples
simple
“He acts like he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic.”
contextual
“I think he is a few sandwiches short of a picnic because he tried to fix the sink with duct tape.”
complex
“The villagers whispered that the eccentric inventor was a few sandwiches short of a picnic, given his strange habit of talking to the birds.”
Origin
Implying a situation of penury and hence the lack of a bed.
Key words
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