short of

English

Phrase

Except; but; without resorting to; up to the point of.
He tried everything short of lending her the money himself.
Insufficiently equipped with.
He's a nice person, but a bit short of brains.
Less than.
An Olympic athlete cannot perform at any level short of world-class.

Usage notes

"Short of" is often used in full-deckisms such as "a few sandwiches short of a picnic" (i.e. "foolish" or "insane"). See a few X short of a Y in Appendix:English snowclones.

Derived terms

three stops short of Dagenham

Translations

except — see except

insufficiently equipped with

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
French: à court (fr) de
Galician: please add this translation if you can
German: knapp mit, Mangel an (haben)
Hungarian: szűkében van, szűkölködik (hu), hiányt szenved (hu)
Plautdietsch: please add this translation if you can
Polish: brakować (pl) (used in the third person neuter, the person lacking in the dative)
Scottish Gaelic: gann de
Welsh: please add this translation if you can

less than

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