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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Two sandwiches short of a picnic

Hi

Is this idiom common among native speakers?

Two sandwiches short of a picnic

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Two sandwiches short of a picnic Not those specific words. It is the structure that is an idiom, and the fluency is in creating ad hoc variations: two cans short of a six-pack, etc.

— Mister Micawber

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  • Two sandwiches short of a picnic Not those specific words.
  • It is the structure that is an idiom, and the fluency is in creating ad hoc variations: two cans short of a six-pack, etc.
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Mr. TomIs this idiom common among native speakers?Two sandwiches short of a picnic

Not those specific words. It is the structure that is an idiom, and the fluency is in creating ad hoc variations: two cans short of a six-pack, etc.

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I've heard it a few times in the UK. It's familiar but not very common.

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Mr. Tom

Hi

Is this idiom common among native speakers?

Two sandwiches short of a picnic

Thanks,

Tom

This topic has come up before. Here's a post that lists quite a few variants of the same idiom.

CJ

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