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International Full-Deckisms
March 5, 2011 9:51 am
(@grantbarrett)
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Simon Ager's site Omniglot.com is stacked with full-deckisms from around the world. In English-speaking countries, someone who's not quite with it is said to be "two sandwiches short of a picnic." In Germany, however, this is described with the question "Are you still ticking on time?" An earlier episode of "A Way with Words" addressed full-deckisms, those clever phrases describing someone who falls short in some way. This is part of a complete episode.
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