• in short

• go short

• blow one's own horn

• a thorn in his flesh

• flog a dead horse

• you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink

• a one-horse race

• nothing short of

• short and sweet

• a horse of a different colour

• bring him up short

• at short notice

• short for it

• hold your horses

• change horses in midstream

• as thick as two short planks

• short-tempered

• stop short of

• short of

• be in short supply

• for short

• give it short shrift

• a dark horse

• to cut a long story short

• cut a long story short

• horn in on it

• eat like a horse

• the iron horse

• on the horns of a dilemma

• caught short

• take the bull by the horns