short shrift

a brief period of consideration of a person's ideas or explanations. They gave the reporter short shrift and got him out of the office. My plan got short shrift from the board—a ten-minute presentation; they then voted it down.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Augustinas	-	Lithuanian
Lamia (2)	-	Greek Mythology
Rouse	[rauz]
LÝDie	-	Czech
Timoteo	tee-mo-TE-o (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Vergil	VUR-jəl	English