Critically shocked expression after playing short suit okay
I believe the answer is:
i ask you
'critically shocked expression' is the definition.
'i ask you' can be an answer for 'expression' (I have seen 'Expression of criticism' mean 'i ask you' so perhaps 'expression' could also mean 'i ask you'). I am unsure of the 'critically shocked' bit.
'playing short suit okay' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'suit' with its final letter removed is 'sui'.
'sui'+'okay'='suiokay'
'suiokay' anagrammed gives 'I ASK YOU'.
'after' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for i ask you that I've seen before include "Exclamation of annoyance" , "Would you believe it!" , "that's hard to credit" , "really!" , "interrogator clarifies roles?" .)