make a long story short

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make a long story short 的定义

  1. Get to the point, as in To make a long story short, they got married and moved to Omaha. Although the idea of abbreviating a long-winded account is ancient, this precise phrase dates only from the 1800s. Henry David Thoreau played on it in a letter of 1857: “Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long time to make it short.”

make a long story short 近义词

make a long story short

等同于 compact

make a long story short

等同于 shorten

更多make a long story short例句

  1. In other words, fluoride is a broad-spectrum, bipartisan, long-lasting magnet for dissent.
  2. The story of fluoridation reads like a postmodern fable, and the moral is clear: a scientific discovery might seem like a boon.
  3. But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
  4. As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
  5. And they might not have to wait that long to show their political heft.
  6. And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
  7. It was a decayed house of superb proportions, but of a fashion long passed away.
  8. As long as may be necessary, Sam,” replied Mr. Pickwick, “you have my full permission to remain.
  9. Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
  10. I hate to be long at my toilette at any time; but to delay much in such a matter while travelling is folly.