caught short

== English == === Etymology === Compare French prendre de court. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === caught short (not comparable) (UK, euphemistic) Needing to use the toilet at a point where no toilet facilities are available. Synonym: taken short (idiomatic, informal) unprepared or without enough of something when it is needed === Further reading === “caught short”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “caught short”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. Eric Partridge (2007), “caught short”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 124.