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What does a few cards short of a deck mean?
I mean, I sort of know what it means. My uncle always says it, and he likes to be annoying.
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I mean, I sort of know what it means. My uncle always says it, and he likes to be annoying.
A deck has 52 cards. In order to be short of a deck you need to have 51 or less cards. The phrase means that (depending on who/what the comment was directed to), they/it is not all there, either mentally, physically, emotionally, etc. It all depends on the context and to who/whom it is referring to.
In the terms of the teenagers, one may be ‘stupid’, ‘lost’, ‘mental’, ‘dumb’, etc. It is most famous for meaning that one lacks common sense and basic knowledge.