Concise Phrases

Phrases

• A Brief History Of Time (Stephen Hawking book)
• A Short History Of Nearly Everything (Bill Bryson book)
• A Short History Of Tractors In Ukrainian (Marina Lewycka book)
• A few bricks short of a full load
• A few cards short of a full deck
• Art is long and life is short
• As thick as two short planks
• Brief Encounter (David Lean movie)
• Bring up short
• Caught by the short and curlies
• Caught short
• Come up short
• Cut a long story short
• Day late and a dollar short
• Exceed your brief
• Forward Short Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• In a word
• In short order
• In short supply
• In the short run
• Let me be brief
• Life's too short
• Make short work of
• Nasty, brutish and short
• One brick short of a load

• Pull someone up short
• Shit (or short) end of the stick
• Short Fine Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Mid Wicket (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short Square Leg (field position in the game of cricket)
• Short and curlies
• Short and sweet
• Short arms, long pockets
• Short but sweet
• Short change
• Short end of the stick
• Short fuse
• Short list
• Short sharp shock
• Short shrift
• Short sighted
• Short stuff
• Sold short
• Take a long walk off a short pier
• Take a long walk off a short plank
• The long and short of it
• The short end of the stick
• To cut a long story short
• To make a long story short
• Two bricks short of a load
• Two sandwiches short of a picnic