long story short
01
used to indicate that one is not giving all the details of what happened but only the main points
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
Informal
أمثلة
Long story short, I missed my flight because I overslept.
Long story short, the car broke down in the middle of nowhere, and we had to wait for hours for help to arrive.
to make a long story short
01
to avoid talking about the details of something that has happened and only give the main points
DialectAmerican
American
IdiomInformalأمثلة
I'll make a long story short: I missed my flight because I overslept.
To make a long story short, I'm about to summarize the main points of my presentation.
