"She is short with me"可不是说"她很矮"

be short with sb. 对某人无礼的

If you are short with someone, you speak briefly and rather rudely to them, because you are impatient or angry.

•She seemed nervous or tense↗, and she was definitely short with me. ↘

她似乎是紧张或焦急，显然对我简慢无礼。

short-lived 短命的；短期的；短暂的

lasting only for a short time (反义词long-lived)

•He rose to fame overnight. Unfortunately, ↗ it’s only a short-lived success↗ and now he is just a has-been. ↘

他那时候一夜成名，但是很不幸，这是是短暂的成功，现在他过气了。

to cut a long story short 长话短说；简而言之；总之

used when you only give the main point of something you are talking about, and not all the other details

A: “What happened at the meeting?” ↘

B: “Well, to cut a long story short, ↗ ten people are going to lose their jobs.” ↘

A：“会上发生了什么？”

B：“简而言之，10个人要丢掉工作了。”