Meaning of caught short | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available.
   British, euphemistic, not-comparable
2. unprepared or without enough of something when it is needed
   idiomatic, informal, not-comparable

Examples

“Some clever person came up with the apt name of little John (or big John for the optimist) for a suitably shaped container for those who were caught short.”

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