词汇 | short and sweet |
释义 | Idiom short and sweet Theme: TIME - DURATION brief (and pleasant because of briefness). (Fixed order.)That was a good sermon—short and sweet.I don't care what you say, as long as you make it short and sweet. Idiom short and sweet humorous pleasantly short.This morning's lecture was short and sweet. short and sweetBrief 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. short and sweetCliché 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. short and sweetSatisfyingly 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." short and sweetbrief and pleasant.short and sweetSatisfyingly 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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