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| - short on one thing and long on another - to skip ship or jumb ship i really appreciate your help Thanks |
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| - 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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