could you please explain to me the meaning of the following two idioms with some examples
- short on one thing and long on another
- to skip ship or jumb ship
i really appreciate your help
Thanks
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could you please explain to me the meaning of the following two idioms with some examples
- short on one thing and long on another
- to skip ship or jumb ship
i really appreciate your help
Thanks
- short on one thing and long on another
This means to have not enough or little of one thing and plenty of another, usually negative:
He was long on anger and short on charm.
- to skip ship or jump ship
to abandon or something that is in trouble
Many of the best employees jumped ship when the company started having financial difficulties.
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