- long on (something) and short on (something)
- long on (something) and short on (something)
having too much of one quality and not enough of another.
I've always found his films long on style and short on content.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
long on (something) and short on (something)
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long on something and short on something else — long on (something) (and short on (something else)) having a lot of one quality and not enough of another. The story is a slow moving mystery that s long on atmosphere and short on tension. Related vocabulary: short on something and long on… … New idioms dictionary
long on something and short on — long on (something) (and short on (something else)) having a lot of one quality and not enough of another. The story is a slow moving mystery that s long on atmosphere and short on tension. Related vocabulary: short on something and long on… … New idioms dictionary
long on and short on something else — long on (something) (and short on (something else)) having a lot of one quality and not enough of another. The story is a slow moving mystery that s long on atmosphere and short on tension. Related vocabulary: short on something and long on… … New idioms dictionary
long on and short on — long on (something) (and short on (something else)) having a lot of one quality and not enough of another. The story is a slow moving mystery that s long on atmosphere and short on tension. Related vocabulary: short on something and long on… … New idioms dictionary
long on something — long on (something) (and short on (something else)) having a lot of one quality and not enough of another. The story is a slow moving mystery that s long on atmosphere and short on tension. Related vocabulary: short on something and long on… … New idioms dictionary
long on something — phrase having or doing too much of one thing a politician who is long on talk and short on action Thesaurus: too much, extra and moresynonym Main entry: long * * * ˈlong on sth idiom ( … Useful english dictionary
long on something — having or doing too much of one thing a politician who is long on talk and short on action … English dictionary
short on something and long on something else — short on (something) (and long on (something else)) having too little of one thing and a lot of another. The opposing team was short on athleticism. Her dresses, made of cotton, were short on style and long on wear. Related vocabulary: long on… … New idioms dictionary
short on and long on something else — short on (something) (and long on (something else)) having too little of one thing and a lot of another. The opposing team was short on athleticism. Her dresses, made of cotton, were short on style and long on wear. Related vocabulary: long on… … New idioms dictionary
Long and short scales — The long and short scales are two of several different large number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English speaking… … Wikipedia
