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a day late and a dollar short a few fries short of a Happy Meal a short fuse a short sharp shock a short-arse Art is long and life is short be as thick as two short planks be caught short be nothing short of [astonishing etc.] be one card cards short of a full deck be one sandwich short of a picnic be short of a bob or two bring up sharply bring up short catch napping caught short come short of day late and a dollar short draw the short straw Eat my shorts! fall short fall short of fall short of goal few bricks short of a load for short get short shrift

get the short end get the short end of the stick give short shrift have by the short and curlies have on a short leash in short in short order in short supply in the long run in the long term in the short run in the short term keep on a tight leash Life is short and time is swift Life is too short life's too short long and the short of it long on and short on long story short longest way round is the shortest way home make a long story short make short work of nothing short of on short notice one sandwich short of a picnic over the short haul

over the short term pull up short quick temper run short sell short short and sweet short end of the stick short for short of short on short on one end Short reckonings make long friends short shrift short with short-change stop short stop short of stop short of a place stop short of doing Take a long walk off a short pier the long and the short of it thick as a short plank to cut a long story short to make a long story short