• in short order

• have a good head on one's shoulders

• caught short

• as thick as two short planks

• steal the show

• go short

• show the white feather

• a show of hands

• to cut a long story short

• push off

• short and sweet

• a shoulder to cry on

• cut a long story short

• broad shoulders

• short for it

• have broad shoulders

• for show

• bring him up short

• short-tempered

• stop short of it

• show a clean pair of heels

• short of

• by a short head

• good show

• have a chip on one's shoulder

• a one-man show

• show oneself in one's true colours

• get the show on the road

• have him by the short hairs

• show up

• give it short shrift