Usage examples of "cutting short" in English with translation to Italian

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She was right in the middle of cutting cucumbers. Lei stava tagliando cetrioli.
His short stature makes him feel insecure. La sua bassa statura lo fa sentire insicuro.
The grass needs cutting. L'erba ha bisogno di essere tagliata.
I will stay here for a short period. Starò qui per un breve periodo.
In a word, life is short. In una parola, la vita è corta.
Tom arrived at 2:30 and Mary arrived a short time later. Tom arrivò alle 2:30 e Mary poco dopo.
Art is long, life is short. L'arte è lunga, la vita è corta.
The hair is short! I capelli sono corti!
How short life is! Com'è corta la vita!
We've ended up a spanner short of a toolbox. Siamo finiti per sembrare imbranati.
We yawn when we are short of oxygen. Sbadigliamo quando siamo a corto di ossigeno.
Isn't that skirt too short? Non è troppo corta quella gonna?
I am short of money. Sono a corto di soldi.
This is also rather short. Ciò è anche abbastanza corto.
Long story short, I was fired. Per farla breve, sono stato licenziato.
I seem unable to get out of this trouble in short time. Sembra che io sia incapace di tirarmi fuori da questo guaio in poco tempo.
All of Tom's sentences are short. Tutte le frasi di Tom sono corte.
He has two pencils; one is long and the other short. Ha due matite; una è lunga e l'altra è corta.
The money I have now falls short of what I need. I soldi che ho ora non bastano per i miei bisogni.
You're fine with short hair. Stai bene con i capelli corti.
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