櫛の歯が欠けたよう

くしのはがかけたよう

Meanings

1. Expression missing important things here and there; full of gaps (literally: as if the teeth of a comb were missing)

Kanji

• 櫛 comb. Read as くし.
• 歯 tooth
• 欠 lack. Read as かける.

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