short shrift
noun
mass noun
1- rapid and unsympathetic dismissal; curt treatment淡漠的处置; 草率的对待：
the judge gave short shrift to an argument based on the right to free speech.
法官对基于自由言论权的争辩漠然处之。
1.1
- archaic little time between condemnation and execution or punishment〈古〉（临刑处决或惩罚前的）短暂忏悔时间。