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>A list of phrases containing the word "short"...
A list of phrases containing the word "short"...
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
Bring up short
Caught by the short and curlies
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Caught short
Come up short
Cut a long story short
Day late and a dollar short
Forward Short Leg ( field position in the game of cricket )
In short order
In short supply
In the short run
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
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