ONE BRICK SHORT OF A FULL LOAD

Meaning of ONE BRICK SHORT OF A FULL LOAD in English

mentally slow, not all there

I'm okay, but you may be one brick short of a full load. Ha ha.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ONE BRICK SHORT OF A FULL LOAD — mentally slow, not all there I'm okay, but you may be one brick short of a full load. Ha ha.
English Idioms vocab
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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
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
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 …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRICK — I. ˈbrik noun ( -s ; see sense 2 ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English bryke, from Middle French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHORT — — shortness , n. /shawrt/ , adj., shorter, shortest , adv., n., v. adj. 1. having little length; not long. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
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
BRICK — — bricklike, brickish , adj. /brik/ , n. 1. a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or …
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
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
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 …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
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; …
Webster English vocab
BRICK — noun a good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. 2. brick ·vt to lay or pave with …
Webster English vocab
SHORT — [short] adj [ME, fr. OE sceort; akin to OHG scurz short, ON skortr lack] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having little …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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
BRICK — [brick] n, often attrib [ME bryke, fr. MF brique, fr. MD bricke] (15c) 1 pl bricks or brick : a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRICK — a small rectangular block of fired clay used in the construction of foundations, walls, piers, buttresses, and arches of buildings …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHORT — / ʃɔːt; NAmE ʃɔːrt/ adjective , adverb , noun , verb ■ adjective ( short·er , short·est ) LENGTH / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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
BRICK — / brɪk; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] baked clay used for building …
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
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRICK — I. brick 1 S2 W3 /brɪk/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: brique , from …
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
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
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
BRICK — n., v., & adj. --n. 1 a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building. …
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
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
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
BRICK — n., v., & adj. n. 1 a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building. …
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
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
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
BRICK — n., v., & adj. --n. 1. a a small, usu. rectangular, block of fired or sun-dried clay, used in building. …
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
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
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
BRICK — ( bricks) 1. Bricks are rectangular blocks of baked clay used for building walls, which are usually red or brown. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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
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. …
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