"A few sandwiches short of a picnic" nghĩa là gì?

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"A few sandwiches short of a picnic" = thiếu vài cái sandwich là có một bữa picnic -> ngu ngốc; không tỉnh táo; điên rồ.

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I think the lady down the road is a few sandwiches short of a picnic — you often hear strange bangings (tiếng đập) at odd hours in the morning.

Unless the fund could pull a rabbit and a horse out of the hat at the same time, anyone with a few sandwiches short of a picnic would not expect anything like 6.15% in 2018.

And while there are massive differences between Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders, and the visceral hatred (hận thù theo bản năng) between Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg looks very real indeed, it's always good to get some perspective in the midst (giữa) of a knock-down-drag-out (loạn đả) primary brawl (cãi nhau ầm ĩ). What Donald Trump's counter-programming once again demonstrated, you see, is that he's an authoritarian ghoul (con ma cà rồng độc đoán) who's a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

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