penny short of a pound

penny short of a pound
   simple-minded using the common imagery as in not sixteen annas to the rupee and similar phrases which imply that someone is not all there:
    Slow-and-Lucky, who's a penny short of a pound and walks his Alsatian dog all day, the dog as daft as Lucky is. (le Carré, 1993)

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