Language Forum CZ - In today's tongue twister you can find the phrase "short, sharp shock". This alliteration means "a quick, severe punishment". The phrase was popularized in Gilbert and Sullivan's 1885
![Original Film Title: KURZ UND SCHMERZLOS. English Title: SHORT SHARP SHOCK. Film Director: FATIH AKIN. Year: 1998. Credit: WÜSTE FILMPRODUKTION / Album Stock Photo - Alamy Original Film Title: KURZ UND SCHMERZLOS. English Title: SHORT SHARP SHOCK. Film Director: FATIH AKIN. Year: 1998. Credit: WÜSTE FILMPRODUKTION / Album Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P0X394/original-film-title-kurz-und-schmerzlos-english-title-short-sharp-shock-film-director-fatih-akin-year-1998-credit-wste-filmproduktion-album-P0X394.jpg)
Original Film Title: KURZ UND SCHMERZLOS. English Title: SHORT SHARP SHOCK. Film Director: FATIH AKIN. Year: 1998. Credit: WÜSTE FILMPRODUKTION / Album Stock Photo - Alamy
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