short order—(U.S.) an order for food to be prepared and served up quickly:
- A good short-order cook in a well-designed kitchen can plate 100 meals an hour during morning rush.
tall order—an excessive or unreasonable demand; a difficult task:
- Miss Maple considered: “It would be better, I think, to find the body first. Don’t you?” “Yes, but isn’t that rather a tall order?”