Eres más corto que las mangas de un chaleco
Meaning: You're not the sharpest — a bit slow on the uptake.
Language: Spanish
Literally: You're shorter than the sleeves of a vest
Category: Insult
Origin: Humorous Spanish saying; a vest (waistcoat) has no sleeves at all.
More compliments & insults — Insult
- Du bist nicht die hellste Kerze auf der Torte — You're a little dim — not the smartest in the room.
- Tu as une cervelle de moineau — You're scatterbrained and forgetful.
- Без царя в голове (Bez tsarya v golove) — Foolish and reckless — with no one in charge upstairs.
- Cabeça de alho chocho — A forgetful scatterbrain whose thoughts won't stay put.
- Bête comme ses pieds — Really not very bright.
- Avoir un poil dans la main — To be incurably lazy.
More Spanish compliments & insults
- Eres un sol — You're a lovely, warm-hearted person.
- Eres más bueno que el pan — You are a genuinely good, kind soul.
- Tienes menos luces que un barco pirata — You're really not the brightest.
- Eres más lento que el caballo del malo — You're painfully slow — the villain's horse never catches the hero.
- Eres un crack — You're brilliant — a total star at what you do.
- Eres muy majo/a — You're a lovely, kind, and genuine person — the nicest way to compliment someone's charac…
From our proverbs
- Live and let live — Be tolerant of others' choices and lifestyles.
- In for a penny, in for a pound — Once committed to something, go all the way with it.
- A cat has nine lives — Cats (or resilient people) survive many dangerous situations.