short and sweet
short and sweet
Brief while still being satisfying or to the point; succinct. I want to keep the meeting short and sweet. The film is short and sweet, telling its story while never outstaying its welcome.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
short and sweet
Cliché brief (and pleasant because of briefness). That was a good sermon—short and sweet. I don't care what you say, as long as you make it short and sweet.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
short and sweet
Satisfyingly brief and pertinent, as in When we asked about the coming merger, the chairman's answer was short and sweet-it wasn't going to happen . This expression was already proverbial in 1539, when it appeared in Richard Taverner's translation of Erasmus's Adagia. Over the years it was occasionally amplified, as in James Kelly's Scottish Proverbs (1721): "Better short and sweet than long and lax."
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
short and sweet
brief and pleasant.See also: and, short, sweet
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
short and sweet
Satisfyingly brief. Richard Taverner quoted this term as an English proverb back in 1539, and it has been repeated ever since, occasionally with some additions (“Better short and sweet than long and lax,” James Kelly, Scottish Proverbs, 1721; “Short and sweet like an ass’s gallop,” F. K. Purdon, The Folk of Furry Farm, 1914).
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- short but sweet
- in the short haul
- over the short haul
- over the short term
- in short
- short on (something) (and long on something else)
- come short of
- come short of (something)
- be short of (something)
- for short