"short" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Their firm had been given short shrift and was passed from one office to the next.
- But the series gives short shrift to the country's black majority.
- You'll all get a short shrift and a long day from me.
- The reader gave her short shrift and went on reading.
- None of these studies looked at why women got short shrift.
- The kids who do come to the attention of the system frequently get short shrift.
- There are some who think, on any given day, the paper's home base here gets short shrift.
- And skills that students will need in college, like the ability to do research, too often get short shrift.
- My mother gave them short shrift when they stopped her.
- In some states even the governor's race gets short shrift from television news.
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