Short, Sharp Shock
The phrase "short, sharp shock" means "a quick, severe punishment." It was originally used in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885 comic opera The Mikado, where it appears in the song near the end of Act I, "I Am So Proud". It has since been used in popular songs, song titles, literature, as well as in general speech.
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Famous quotes containing the words sharp and/or shock:
“The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.”
—F.H. (Francis Herbert)