On the rocks
Short and on the rocks are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective phrase "On the rocks".
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
On the rocks and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "On the rocks" instead an adjective "Short".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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In Sandra on the Rocks, Tatiana invokes the short, intense version here when she discovers that something ... terrible ... may have happened to her beloved boss Domenico.
Source: Big No / Web Comics -
Sandra on the Rocks is usually a little short of snarkers.
Source: Snark-to-Snark Combat -
That said, "lawn ornament" is a killing insult in dwarfish, and innocently telling the barman "Mine's a short" in a dwarfman bar is legally considered a suicide in Ankh-Morpork (the troll bar equivalent would be ordering anything on the rocks).
Source: Height Angst
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