The many ways to say it
Button short; couple of chips short of a fish dinner; couple of tinnies short of slab; few bricks short of a load; few pence short in the shilling; few snags short of a Barbie; five annas short of the rupee; have a few of one’s pages stuck together; have a tile loose; not playing with a full deck; lift doesn’t reach the top floor; lost a button; no more than ninepence in the shilling; not having both oars in the water; not the full quid; row with one oar; one sandwich short of a picnic; one sausage short of a BBQ; shingle short; short of a sheet; there’s a kangaroo loose in the top paddock; two wafers short of a communion…
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