Not The Full Quid: Difference between revisions

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 ===Usage notes===
-* Common in Australian English; similar in sense to British expressions like “not playing with a full deck” or “a few sandwiches short of a picnic.”
+* Common in Australian English; similar in sense to North American expression ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/play_with_a_full_deck play with a full deck]'' (usually in the negative) and the British ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/few_sandwiches_short_of_a_picnic a few sandwiches short of a picnic]''.
-* Typically used informally and may be considered mildly derogatory depending on context.
+* Typically used informally and usually mildly derogatory depending on context; roughly on the same level of mild derogatoriness as the Southern American expression ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bless_someone%27s_heart bless your heart]'', which is used to soften criticism.
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