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have someone by the proverbials
Vrb phrs. To have complete power over someone. The proverbials referring to the 'short and curlies'. See 'have someone by the short and curlies'.
By-and-by, soon, in a short time.
The end, the result, the upshot. "That's the long and short of the subject.â€
Pubic hairs; i.e. to "have someone by the short and curlies" is to have total power over that person since any on their part move to extricate themselves from the predicament would be certain to cause them immense pain.
Ventilate someone's shorts is American slang for to give someone a severe telling−off.
, (SHOR-tee) n., Girlfriend. “I have the sweetest shorty.â€Â [Etym., African American]
have someone by the short and curlies
Vrb phrs. To have complete power over someone. See short and curlies.
Short and curlies is British slang for pubic hair.
Long and short is London Cockney rhyming slang for the drink port.
Have someone over is British slang for trick, deceive or dupe someone.
Noun. Basically the term refers to pubic hairs, however it is used figuratively in having got someone by the short and curlies - having complete power over someone. Orig military use. [1930s]
Standing by, alert and ready to assist promptly if called upon by someone performing an exercise.
By a long shot is American slang for by a good distance, by a considerable amount.
Have a snout on someone is Australian slang for to have a grudge against someone.
pubic hair ‘She had me by the short and curlies.’
Vrb phrs. To utterly detest someone, to hate the very essence of someone. {Informal}
Have the hots is slang for to have a sexual desire for someone, to lust after someone.
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superl.
Engaging or engaged to deliver what is not possessed; as, short contracts; to be short of stock. See The shorts, under Short, n., and To sell short, under Short, adv.
superl.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
n.
Short, inferior hemp.
n.
A rodent of the genus Lepus, having long hind legs, a short tail, and a divided upper lip. It is a timid animal, moves swiftly by leaps, and is remarkable for its fecundity.
adv.
In a short manner; briefly; limitedly; abruptly; quickly; as, to stop short in one's course; to turn short.
v. t.
To put in an awkward position; to have the advantage of; as, that is where he had him.
superl.
Not long; having brief length or linear extension; as, a short distance; a short piece of timber; a short flight.
adv.
Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Short-circuit
n.
A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
a.
Not living or lasting long; being of short continuance; as, a short-lived race of beings; short-lived pleasure; short-lived passion.
n.
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
superl.
Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.
v. t.
To take or hold (one's self); to proceed promptly; -- used reflexively, often with ellipsis of the pronoun; as, to have after one; to have at one or at a thing, i. e., to aim at one or at a thing; to attack; to have with a companion.
Indic. present
of Have
n.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
v. i.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6.
superl.
Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith.
a.
Lying near the shore.
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