(as) gay as a picnic basket
Overtly or flamboyantly homosexual. Offensive when used pejoratively. I can't believe Sarah asked him out on a date—how can she not see that he's clearly as gay as a picnic basket? I've been gay as a picnic basket since I was a teenager, so it wasn't a surprise to my parents when I came out.
a few sandwiches short of a picnic
A derogatory phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: a few bricks shy of a load, a few cards shy of a full deck, etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets. I think he may be a few sandwiches short of a picnic. There's an old lady who stands on the corner yelling at strangers all day. I think she might be a few sandwiches short of a picnic, if you catch my drift. Tommy's a few sandwiches short of a picnic if he thinks he can convince our mother to let him get a tattoo for his birthday.
a sandwich shy of a picnic
A pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. This expression can appear in many different forms and variations (e.g., several bricks short of a load," "one card shy of a full deck," etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be a sandwich shy of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's a sandwich shy of a picnic, if you ask me. Tommy's a sandwich shy of a picnic if he thinks he can convince our mother to let him get a tattoo for his birthday.
be (as) gay as a picnic basket
To be overtly or flamboyantly homosexual. Offensive when used pejoratively. I can't believe Sarah asked him out on a date—how can she not see that he's clearly as gay as a picnic basket? I've been gay as a picnic basket since I was a teenager, so it wasn't a surprise to my parents when I came out.
be no picnic
To not be an easy person or thing to deal with; to be particularly unenjoyable or difficult. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once is no picnic, believe me! Cleaning all that crusted gunk out of the motor was no picnic. My father is not a bad person, but he's certainly no picnic, that's for sure. He was just reared to be tough, so that's all he knows how to be.
be one sandwich short of a picnic
To be not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (for example: a few bricks shy of a load, a few cards shy of a full deck, etc.) He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets. I think he may be one sandwich short of a picnic. Every time Paul tells me about his latest conspiracy theory, I can't help thinking that he's one sandwich short of a picnic. Tommy's one sandwich short of a picnic if he thinks he can convince our mother to let him get a tattoo for his birthday.
it's no picnic
It is not an easy task; it is unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once? It's no picnic, believe me! It's no picnic spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage.
make (something) seem like a picnic
To be so difficult, complicated, or harmful as to make something else that is normally very difficult or negative seem easy, simple, or pleasant by comparison. If we don't act now, the financial crisis waiting for us will make the last recession seem like a picnic.
no picnic
Not an easy task; unenjoyable or challenging. I love kids, but watching 20 of them at once is no picnic, believe me! Spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon cleaning out the garage is no picnic.
one sandwich short of a picnic
A pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. It can appear in many different forms and variations (e.g., several bricks short of a load," "one card shy of a full deck," etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be one sandwich short of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's one sandwich short of a picnic, if you ask me.
one sandwich shy of a picnic
A pejorative phrase meaning not very intelligent or of questionable mental capacity. This expression can appear in many different forms and variations (e.g., several bricks short of a load," "one card shy of a full deck," etc.). He says he's going to start a business selling bees as pets—I think he may be one sandwich shy of a picnic. The new manager is nice enough, but he's one sandwich shy of a picnic, if you ask me.
PICNIC
An initialism of "problem in chair, not in computer," used humorously to explain that a computer user's problem is not the machine but rather that they are using the machine incorrectly. A: "I've already checked those registry files! Nothing is working!" B: "Hmm. Sounds like PICNIC to me."
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