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few cards short of a full deck

few cards short of a full deck is the alternative form of few cards shy of a full deck.

Meaning of few cards shy of a full deck

Adjective

a few cards shy of a full deck

  1. (idiomatic) Mentally deranged; demented; insane.
    • That guy might be a few cards shy of a full deck — he thinks that substitute sugar is really a government tracking system.

Questions about few cards short of a full deck

What is few cards short of a full deck the alternative form of?
Few cards short of a full deck is the alternative form of few cards shy of a full deck.

Words near few cards short of a full deck in the dictionary

  1. fevre
  2. fevres
  3. feVs
  4. few
  5. few and far between
  6. few cards short of a full deck
  7. few cards shy of a full deck
  8. few sandwiches short of a picnic
  9. few-flowered sedge
  10. few-flowered sedges
  11. few-shot

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