the long and (the) short of it

spokenRESULT used when you are telling someone the most important facts about something rather than all the details 长话短说，总而言之

The long and the short of it is that we missed the train.

长话短说吧，我们没有赶上火车。

Examples from the Corpus

the long and (the) short of it• There you are, the long and the short of it.• The long and short of it is that I had too much to drink and said something I shouldn't have.

→ the long and (the) short of it at long1(2)

单词	the long and (the) short of it
释义	the long and (the) short of it the long and (the) short of it spokenRESULT used when you are telling someone the most important facts about something rather than all the details 长话短说，总而言之 The long and the short of it is that we missed the train. 长话短说吧，我们没有赶上火车。 Examples from the Corpus the long and (the) short of it• There you are, the long and the short of it.• The long and short of it is that I had too much to drink and said something I shouldn't have. → the long and (the) short of it at long1(2)
随便看	come to blows come to blows with come to blows with sb come to blows with somebody come to blows (with somebody) come to do come to do something come to do sth come to grief come to grips with come to grips with something come to grips with sth come to hand come to heel come to life come to life/roar into life/splutter into life etc come to light come to light/be brought to light come to/meet a sticky end come to mind come to no harm come to no harm/not come to any harm come to nothing come to pass come to rescue