short and sweet
surprisinglyshortin a way that ispleasing:
短且令人高兴的This morning'smeetingwasshortandsweet.今天早上的会很短很棒。
continuing for less time than usual
- shortHe received a short jail sentence.
- quickI need to make a quick phone call - I'll be right back.
- briefWe had a brief chat this morning.
- short and sweetThe business meeting was short and sweet.
- momentaryIt was just a momentary lapse in judgment - I won't do it again.
Short in time
- abbreviated
- at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
- awhile
- be short noticeidiom
- bite-sized
- brief
- dose
- fit
- instant
- jiffy
- micro-moment
- minute
- mo
- moment
- momentarily
- shortish
- transient
- trice
- twinkling
- wee hours
Examplesofshort and sweet
short and sweet
The common phrase 'shortandsweet' was used on a number of occasions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His contribution wasshortandsweetbut at this stage most of the talking has been done.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I look forward to some interesting,shortandsweetdebates on them.
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Hansard archive
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I shall try to beshortandsweet.
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We hope that on many occasions we shall hear them in speeches soshortandsweet.
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The report is concise,shortandsweet.
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It'sshortandsweet, with no time or need for more complex instrumentation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The film isshortandsweetwith a good heart.
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- painful consequence
- painful cut
- painful death
- painful decision
- painful experience
- painful illness
- painful injury
- painful lesson
- painfully
- painful memory
- painful period
- painful process
- painful stimulus
- painful struggle
- paining
- pain-in-the-arse-backside
- pain-in-the-ass-butt
- pain-in-the-neck
- painkiller
- painkilling
- painless
- painlessly
- pain management
- pain medication
- pain relief