long on

idiom

: having or providing a large amount of (something)

He was long on criticism but short on useful advice.

Examples of long on in a Sentence

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Indeed, Bryan’s own audience has shifted remarkably in just the past two years or so, from a crowd long on middle-aged Wilco dads to a much younger following split about evenly between men and women. —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024

Take, for example, the Resplendent Quetzal, a small, colorful bird native to the cloud forests of Mexico and Central America with tail feathers that can grow up to three feet long on males during the breeding season. —Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024

For the younger generation, however, Nigeria’s democracy has always been long on promises and short on tangible achievements. —Ebenezer Obadare, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2023

The result was a set of organizations long on ambition and short on tangible results, heavy on presidential summitry and light on permanent staff. —Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Oct. 2023