A FEW BRICKS SHORT OF A FULL LOAD

Meaning of A FEW BRICKS SHORT OF A FULL LOAD in English

not sensible or logical, not all there When Moe began eating bugs, we knew he was a few bricks short.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

A FEW BRICKS SHORT OF A FULL LOAD — not sensible or logical, not all there When Moe began eating bugs, we knew he was a few bricks short.
English Idioms vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯ(ə)r]t, -ȯ(ə)], usu ]d.+V\ adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English short, shert, from Old English scort, sceort; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LOAD — I. ˈlōd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lod, lood act of loading, load (influenced in meaning by laden …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FULL — I. ˈfu̇l adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ful, full, from Old English full; akin to Old High German …
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FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pron. & adjective, from Old English fēawa, fēa; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRICKS — plural of brick present third singular of brick
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEW — (superl.) Not many; small, limited, or confined in number; -- indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituing a …
Английский словарь Webster
SHORT — — shortness , n. /shawrt/ , adj., shorter, shortest , adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LOAD — — loadless , adj. /lohd/ , n. 1. anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FULL — full 1 — fullness , n. /fool/ , adj., fuller, fullest , adv., v., n. adj. 1. completely filled; containing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEW — /fyooh/ , adj., fewer, fewest , n., pron. adj. 1. not many but more than one: Few artists live luxuriously. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHORT — I. ˈshȯrt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceort; akin to Old High German scurz short, Old Norse skortr …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LOAD — I. ˈlōd noun Etymology: Middle English lod, from Old English lād support, carrying — more at lode Date: 12th century …
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FULL — I. ˈfu̇l also ˈfəl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German fol full, Latin plenus …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEW — I. ˈfyü pronoun, plural in construction Etymology: Middle English fewe, pronoun & adjective, from Old English fēawa; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHORT — noun a summary account. 2. short ·noun short, inferior hemp. 3. short ·noun breeches; shortclothes. 4. short ·noun a short …
Webster English vocab
LOAD — v weight or violence of blows. 2. load ·vt to magnetize. 3. load ·vt to adulterate or drug; as, to …
Webster English vocab
FULL — (·comp) sated; surfeited. 2. full (·comp) filled with emotions. 3. full (·comp) impregnated; made pregnant. 4. full ·noun complete measure; …
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SHORT — [short] adj [ME, fr. OE sceort; akin to OHG scurz short, ON skortr lack] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having little …
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LOAD — [load] n [ME lod, fr. OE lad support, carrying--more at lode] (12c) 1 a: the quantity that can be carried …
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FULL — [full] adj [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG fol full, L plenus full, plere to fill, Gk pleres full, plethein …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEW — [few] pron, pl in constr [ME fewe, pron. & adj., fr. OE feawa; akin to OHG fo little, L paucus …
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SHORT — / ʃɔːt; NAmE ʃɔːrt/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( short·er , short·est ) LENGTH / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOAD — / ləʊd; NAmE loʊd/ noun , verb ■ noun STH CARRIED 1. [ C ] something that is being carried …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — / fʊl; NAmE / adjective , adverb ■ adjective ( full·er , fullest ) WITH NO EMPTY SPACE 1. full …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — / fjuː; NAmE / determiner , adjective , pronoun ■ determiner , adjective ( fewer , few·est ) 1. used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHORT — I. short 1 S1 W1 /ʃɔːt $ ʃɔːrt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative shorter , superlative shortest ) [ Word …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEW — few S1 W1 /fjuː/ BrE AmE determiner , pronoun , adjective ( comparative fewer , superlative fewest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FULL — adj., adv., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket is …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEW — adj. & n. adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). n. (as pl.) 1 (prec. by a) some …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHORT — adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. a measuring little; not long from end to end (a short distance). b …
Oxford English vocab
FULL — 1. adj., adv., n., & v. --adj. 1. (often foll. by of) holding all its limits will allow (the bucket …
Oxford English vocab
FEW — adj. & n. --adj. not many (few doctors smoke; visitors are few). --n. (as pl.) 1. (prec. by a) some …
Oxford English vocab
SHORT — I. ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USES /ʃɔ:(r)t/ ( shorter, shortest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LOAD — ( loads, loading, loaded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FULL — ( fuller, fullest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If something is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — ( fewer, fewest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEW — (~er, ~est) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use a ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEW — determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A few ▪ A few weeks from now I’ll be in Venice. Comparatively few ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEW — (SOME) [determiner], [pronoun] - a few some; a small number (of)There are a few cakes left over from the party …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEW — See: MAN OF FEW WORDS, NOT A FEW, QUITE A FEW.
Slang English vocab
BRICKS — Housing projects, commonly used as the name for Newark, New Jersey. Example: My house is in the bricks.
Slang English vocab
FULL — n. bung full chock full cram full full blooded full blown full bodied full bosomed full dress full fledged full …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SHORT — INDEX: short/not long 1. short in length or distance 2. when something you say or write is short 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — INDEX: 1. full 2. to become full 3. to make something full 4. to make something full again after part …
Longman Activator English vocab
FULL — See ↑ BUSY/NOT BUSY 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1,2, ↑ FAT 4, ↑ FULL 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be full …
Longman Activator English vocab
FEW — • ↑ a few • ↑ quite a few • ↑ too little/few
Longman Activator English vocab
SHORT — n. 25B6; adjective a short piece of string : SMALL, little, tiny; informal teeny. short people : SMALL, little, petite, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FULL — n. 25B6; adjective her glass was full : FILLED, filled up, filled to capacity, filled to the brim, brimming, brimful. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEW — n. 25B6; determiner police are revealing few details : NOT MANY, hardly any, scarcely any; a small number of, a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRICKS — n. 1) to lay ~ (a bricklayer lays ~) 2) to point ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
SHORT — adj. 1 small, little, slight, petite, diminutive, wee, tiny, elfin, minuscule; midget, dwarfish, squat, dumpy, runty, stubby, stunted, Colloq pint-sized, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FULL — adj. 1 filled, replete, brimming, brim-full, packed, jam-packed, congested, loaded, bursting, chock-a-block, chock-full or choke-full or chuck-full, jammed, crammed, solid, …
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