a few fries short of a happy meal

a few fries short of a happy meal
adj
intellectually impaired, deranged, eccentric. This variation on the lines of the colloquial 'one sandwich short of a picnic' was popular among students in the UK, and also recorded in the USA in 2002. The reference is to a McDonald's fast food meal.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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