be short for something
be shorthand for something

Time may be growing short for all of us, Daughter.

The home side were well short at the finish on 112 for 8.

The range here was probably too short for even that.

Which we know really quickly becomes too short for security.

As it turns out, time was a bit short for that one.

Life was too short for all that she wanted to do.

The ride back to the house was far too short for me.

Nothing came to her, except that life was too short for one to pass some things up.

But life is too short for most of us to follow them.

Now we must be on our way, since time is short for us.