Dicionário Idiomático | Master Portuguese Translator

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a few cards short of a (full) deck [ə fju kɑrdz ʃɔrt ʌv ə fʊl dɛk] 🔊

alguns parafusos a menos na cabeça - ⚠ (pej.) refere-se a alguém não muito inteligente ou um pouco maluco. (A few cards short). ✰ “Given that many of those who are born into racing have had the privilege of public schooling, it never ceases to amaze me that a lot of them are apparently a few cards short of a deck.” (Keene, 2021). (Dado que muitos dos que nasceram no hipismo tiveram o privilégio de estudar em escola pública, nunca deixo de me surpreender que muitos deles tenham aparentemente alguns parafusos a menos na cabeça.)

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1. A FEW CARDS SHORT of a deck. In: Card Playing Idioms and Quizzes: Card Playing Idioms. [S. l.]: Idiom Connection, 1997-2023. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/vditv. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.
2. KEENE, Jack. Turf Talk: The PJA must look at themselves in the mirror after failure to support Bryony Frost throughout bullying saga. The Sun, [S.l.], 10 dez. 2021. Disponível em: https://n9.cl/m56ez. Acesso em: 10 fev. 2022.

a few cards shy of a poker hand [ə fju kɑrdz ʃaɪ ʌv ə ˈpoʊkər hænd] 🔊

- Veja a few cards short of a (full) deck.

a few clowns short of a circus [ə fju klaʊnz ʃɔrt ʌv ə ˈsɜrkəs] 🔊

- Veja a few cards short of a (full) deck.

a few crayons short of a box [ə fju ˈkreɪˌɑnz ʃɔrt ʌv ə bɑks] 🔊

- Veja a few cards short of a (full) deck.

a few eggs short of a dozen [ə fju ɛɡz ʃɔrt ʌv ə ˈdʌzən] 🔊

- Veja a few cards short of a (full) deck.

a few fries short of a happy meal [ə fju fraɪz ʃɔrt ʌv ə ˈhæpi mil] 🔊

- Veja a few cards short of a (full) deck.

a few nuts short of a full pouch [ə fju nʌts ʃɔrt ʌv ə fʊl paʊʧ] 🔊

- Veja a few cards short of a (full) deck.