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short and sweet
[ shawrt uhn sweet ]
idiom
- pleasantly brief and relevant:
We're in a hurry, so make it short and sweet.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of short and sweet1
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Idioms and Phrases
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.”Discover More
Example Sentences
A short and sweet guide to making life better and more productive.
The program demonstrated how consumers are eager to watch short and sweet content on a familiar social media platform.
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