short and sweet

Meaning

1. pleasant but not lasting a long time

   We haven't much time so I'll keep it short and sweet.

In the movies · 6

• Short and sweet.The Hangover2009
• Short and sweet, honey. Everything ends eventually.Holidate2020
• So I will make this short and sweet.Arizona Dream1993
• Short, sweet and simple science.Don't Look Up2021
• I can't wait to hear. It was short, but was it sweet?Hello, Dolly!1969
• - That's right, keep at it. -Keep it short and sweet!Klaus2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Don't Look Up2021
  • Kate Discovers the Comet
  • The Astronomers Call Dr. Oglethorpe
  • Kate and Mindy Wait Seven Hours

From the same entry

• a brick short of a load, two sandwiches short of a picnic
• get the short end of the stick
• give short shrift
• have on a short fuse
• in short order
• in the short run
• in short supply
• little short of
• make short work of
• life's too short
• to cut a long story short
• full measure