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Complete Definition of "the long and short of it"

English

Noun
the long and short of it

  1. idiom The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features; said of a summary or digest.

#:The speech went on for hours, but the long and short of it is that not much has changed since last year.

Translations
Russian: долго ли, ко�о�ко ли (dólgo li, kórotko li)

See also
in a nutshell
upshot

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