one brick short of a full load

adjective

Not mentally sound; insane.

“You have to be one brick short of a full load to think that '7' is a letter in the alphabet.”

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Meanings

adjectiveone brick short of a full load (not comparable)
  1. not comparableslangNot mentally sound; insane.

    I feel fine today, but that gentleman conversing with the house plant there may be one brick short of a full load.

  2. idiomaticnot comparableStupid.

    You have to be one brick short of a full load to think that '7' is a letter in the alphabet.

Translations

Danish har en skrue løs
  • har en skrue løsnot mentally sound; insane
Dutch er zit een schroefje los, ze niet alle vijf op een rijtje hebben
  • er zit een schroefje losnot mentally sound; insane
  • ze niet alle vijf op een rijtje hebbennot mentally sound; insane
Finnish joku ruuvi löysällä
  • joku ruuvi löysällänot mentally sound; insane
French ne pas avoir toute sa tête
  • ne pas avoir toute sa têtenot mentally sound; insane
German eine Schraube locker haben, nicht alle Tassen im Schrank haben
  • eine Schraube locker habennot mentally sound; insane
  • nicht alle Tassen im Schrank habennot mentally sound; insane
  • einen Dachschaden habennot mentally sound; insane
Polish mieć nie po kolei w głowie
  • mieć nie po kolei w głowienot mentally sound; insane
Russian ба́шню снесло́, без царя́ в голове́
  • ба́шню снесло́ (bášnju snesló)not mentally sound; insane
  • без царя́ в голове́ (bez carjá v golové)not mentally sound; insane
  • ви́нтика в голове́ не хвата́ет (víntika v golové ne xvatájet)not mentally sound; insane
  • котело́к не ва́рит (kotelók ne várit)not mentally sound; insane
  • кры́ша пое́хала (krýša pojéxala)not mentally sound; insane
  • не все до́ма (ne vse dóma)not mentally sound; insane
Swedish ha en skruv lös
  • ha en skruv lösnot mentally sound; insane
Cite this entry
APA

one brick short of a full load. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20brick%20short%20of%20a%20full%20load

MLA

“one brick short of a full load.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20brick%20short%20of%20a%20full%20load. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one brick short of a full load,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20brick%20short%20of%20a%20full%20load.

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