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Thank you! Also possible candidates: A few watts short of a lightbulb. Their lights are on but nobody’s home.

• TeMPOraL 3y ago
  People there were definitely some half a micrometer short of seeing the light.
• DonHopkins 3y ago
  One taco short of a combination plate.
  • davidw 3y ago
    "A few fries short of a happy meal"
• forty 3y ago
  In french, we have "they are not not the sharpest knives of the drawer" but my favorite one is "he is not the penguin who slides the furthest" :D On the light related ones, I only know "they are not lights" which is a bit to bare bones to my taste, but works well in french
  • lobochrome 3y ago
    I hope I can remember that one.
  • steanne 3y ago
    "they are not bright" is common in english
  • the-smug-one 3y ago
    We have the knife in the drawer one in Swedish too. My favourite one is "The wheel is spinning but the hamster is dead" however.
    • Gibbon1 3y ago
      That feels a lot like 'the lights are on but nobody is home'
  • littlestymaar 3y ago
    > but my favorite one is "he is not the penguin who slides the furthest" :D Did you too learned that one in the related thread on /r/France last year[1]? Or was it something that you heard IRL? [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/uhazwh/connaissezvous_des_expressions_similaires_%C3%A0_il_na/ https://www.reddit.com/r/france/comments/uhazwh/connaissezvo...
    • forty 3y ago
      I heard it in real life and I Googled it to check the person speaking did not make it up ^^
  • sheepscreek 3y ago
    Never heard the penguin one in any language but it sure is hilarious!
• pixl97 3y ago
  5 watts short of a 10 watt bulb (halfwit)