short (redirected from being caught short)

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be as thick as two short planks be caught short be nothing short of [astonishing/miraculous etc.] be one card/several cards short of a full deck be one sandwich short of a picnic not be short of a bob or two bring someone up short caught short a day late and a dollar short draw the short straw fall short (of something) fall short of something a few fries short of a Happy Meal for short get short shrift get short shrift from someone get the short end (of the stick) get the short end of the stick

give someone/something short shrift have someone by the short and curlies have/keep someone on a short/tight leash in short in short order in short supply in the long/medium/short term in the long/short run in the short run in the short term life's too short the long and the short of it long on something and short on something long-/short-/medium-term make short work of someone/something make short work of something nothing short of something on short notice

over the short term pull someone up short pull up short sell someone/something short short and sweet short for something a short fuse short of something short on something (and long on something else) a short sharp shock a short-arse short-change someone stop short stop short of doing something stop short of something/doing something to cut a long story short to make a long story short