КНИГИ НА АНГЛИЙСКИЙ ЯЗЫКЕ, ИМЕЮЩЕЕ ОТНОШЕНИЕ К СЛОВУ «NOT THE FULL QUID»
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A Personal Kiwi-Yankee Dictionary
In New Zealand, it is likely to mean that you have never heard of Purakanui (see:
false friends) not the full quid: A quid is a pound(£). the currency used in New
Zealand until l967. Something less than a full quid would be a few cents short.
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7 Shouts:
The Best of My Shout
We are into our third week of exploring Aussie slanguage which we started with
the humble request for synonyms for the phrase “not the full quid''. They are still
coming in, along with other personal favourites from the Aussie lingo, the death of
...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions: Second Edition
Not the full quid Not particularly intellectually gifted.* Not the full shilling Means
the same as not the full quid. Not the only fish in the sea Expresses the same
sentiment as more fish in the sea.* Not the only pebble on the beach Can mean
the ...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2006
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
1925, NZ, esp. in 'He's not the full quid', mentally defective. (Harold Griffiths.) full
sail. Whiskers and beard, the 'full set': RN: C.20. Evening News (London), 25 Feb.
1936. full stop. A c.p. used to express end of incident, condition, statement: ...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
72, 1988 - not the full quid without a full complement of intelligence AUSTRALIA,
1944 • — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 75, 1977 • That's Mawbey...he's no good.
..I mean he's not the full quid.— Angeio Loukakis, For the Patriarch, p. 151 ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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A Guide for International Nursing Students in Australia and ...
(Aus) He's not the full quid. She's got a screw loose. He's as mad as a meat axe.
He went bananas. He's nuts. He is around the bend. He's as mad as a hatter.
She's gone ga-ga. She's not the full cream. (NZ) He's not playing with a full deck.
M. Bernadette Hally, 2009
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
3 (not) the full quid Austral and NZ (Not) in full possession ofone's faculties. 1944.
[Prob. from quid the nature of something, from Latin quid what.] quiff1 noun
mainly naval A clever dodge, a neat trick. 1881–. J. MASEFIELD It was young Mr.
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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An Australian Dictionary for North Americans
Sane, normal, e.g. He's not the full quid! full up to pussy's bow exp. See full as a
goog, above. funk n. A state of despair, depression, e.g. She's in a funk. funnel-
web spider n. A venomous spider, named because of its funnellike nest entrance.
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Who Killed Leanne Holland?: One Girl's Murder and One Man's ...
Curiously, one is reminded of the comment made by the police inspector in
charge of the investigation into Leanne's murder that the killer 'was certainly not
the full quid'. There is nothing in Graham's background, or in the evidence
presented ...
Graeme Crowley, Paul Wilson, 2010
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
... energy as possible. full whack: see top whack at WHACK. in full fig: see FIG. in
full flight: see FLIGHT. in full flow: see FLOW. in full swing: see SWING. not the full
quid: see QUID. not the full shilling: see SHILLING. not playing with a frog 140.
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Tanguy Pepiot at the Pepsi Team Invitational steeplechase. Source …
... Hotspur in 1996 when he aimed a Nazi salute at Spurs' fans, who have a large Jewish base, should have indicated he was not the full quid. «Herald Sun, Апр 15»
The ratter on the ridge
He is described variously as a "queer f..k", "not the full quid" and a "thieving, ratting c..t". "It's not as if he wasn't warned," says Botfield. "I mean, a ... «The Australian, Мар 13»
Writing's on the wall for thick racists
Not the full quid, sharp as a bowling ball, dumb as a bag of hammers, a sandwich short of a picnic, knitting with one needle, eating soup with a ... «Herald Sun, Июл 12»
