a few bricks shy of a load
A kind euphamism for an assinine, brain-free, idiotic fool.
This colorful phrase, like not the brightest tool in the shed, not the sharpest pencil in the drawer, not playing with a full deck, and other similar turns of phrase, are lost on those who fit the description.
This colorful phrase, like not the brightest tool in the shed, not the sharpest pencil in the drawer, not playing with a full deck, and other similar turns of phrase, are lost on those who fit the description.
"That guy ain't right."
"Yeah, he's a few bricks shy of a load."
"I wonder if the doctor dropped him on his head when he was born."
"Yeah, he's a few bricks shy of a load."
"I wonder if the doctor dropped him on his head when he was born."