long on



long on something (and short on something else)

having a lot of one quality and not enough of another The story is a slow-moving mystery that's long on atmosphere and short on tension.
Related vocabulary: short on something (and long on something else)
See also: long, on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Yannick-Breton, French
Gang-Chinese
Reece-Welsh
GloriaGLAWR-ee-ə (English), glo-REE-ah (Italian), GLAW-ryah (Polish)English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Polish
AmramAM-ram (English), ahm-RAHM (Hebrew)Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Hebrew
Hande-Turkish