"There’s a light or two burned out on his string" nghĩa là gì?

"There’s a light or two burned out on his string" = trên dây có một hoặc hai tia lửa cháy -> nghĩa là ngốc nghếch, khờ khạo; "chập mạch".

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“Yeah, no, I mean, just that there’s a light or two burned out on his string. I mean, that's basically it.

There’s a light or two burned out on his string, he's sick. You think this guy is normal, but he's not. If he was, he wouldn't do all the things he does.

Sometimes you have to talk in a bit of a posh (trang trọng, lịch sự) voice, or like you're from a nice area, because you don't want to sound like there’s a light or two burned out on your string.

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