three shy of a million a week

[Mike Hussey]

Jordan Belfort: The year I turned 26, as the head of my own brokerage firm, I made $49 million, which really pissed me off because it was three shy of a million a week.

What does "three shy of a million a week" mean?

Source: The Wolf of Wall Street (a 2013 American biographical black comedy crime film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Terence Winter)

 

[jutfrank]

There are 52 weeks in a year.

52 - 49 = 3

 

[Mike Hussey]

There are 52 weeks in a year.

52 - 49 = 3

He shortage of 3 weeks or 3 millions at the end of the year? I am confused.

 

[jutfrank]

He earned 49. He wanted to earn 52, so he could say it was a million a week.

 

[Rover_KE]

shy here means short.

 

[Tdol]

Going to jail for fraud probably pissed him off more, though. ;-)