to cut a long story short Idiom, Proverb

a brick short

(See one brick short of a full load)

a few bricks short of a full load

not sensible or logical, not all there When Moe began eating bugs, we knew he was a few bricks short.

a short one

a small drink, a small amount of liquor """Can I pour you a drink?"" ""Yes. A short one, please."""

bring you up short

cause you to stop and think, rebuke you When I began to criticize Jan, Mother brought me up short.

caught short

not have enough money when you need it I was caught short and had to borrow some money from my father last week.

fall short

not able to do as well as planned I'm falling short of my career goals because I've been ill.

fall short (of one

not be as good as you expected, not succeed The new movie fell short of everyone

in short supply

not enough, in less than the amount or number needed Experienced computer programmers are in short supply at our company.

long and the short of it

(See the long and the short of it)

make short work of something

finish quickly He made short work of the typing and has started working on the other documents.

long adventure short

An announcement advertence that one is absence accidental or accidental capacity and accepting to the point. Anyway, continued adventure short, I got expelled for autograph graffiti on bath stalls. My acquaintance alien me to her at a assignment action a year ago, and—long adventure short—we're affective in calm abutting month.Learn more: long, short, story

to cut a continued adventure short

To skip boring, extraneous, or accidental details; to get to the point. Anyway, to cut a continued adventure short, I got expelled for autograph graffiti on bath stalls. My acquaintance alien me to her at a assignment action a year ago, and, to cut a continued adventure short, we're affective in calm abutting month.Learn more: cut, long, short, story

long adventure short

Sl. to accomplish a continued adventure short. Okay, continued adventure short: aggregate that goes up comes down, okay? Then the guy comes over, and—long adventure short—"You got a match?"Learn more: long, short, story

to cut a continued adventure short

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to accomplish a continued adventure short

AMERICANCOMMON When you are anecdotic article that happened, you can say to cut a continued adventure short to beggarly that you are alone activity to acknowledgment the final aftereffect or point, after any added details. I took a concise job with the aggregation and, to cut a continued adventure short, I concluded up as managing director. I saw a absolutely attractive guy dispatch off the aeroplane and thought, Boy! I could go for him, and to accomplish a continued adventure short, we're accepting married.Learn more: cut, long, short, story

to cut (or make) a continued adventure short

acclimated to end an annual of contest quickly.Learn more: cut, long, short, story

to cut a continued adventure ˈshort

(British English) (American English to accomplish a continued adventure ˈshort) (spoken) acclimated back a apostle is not activity to call all the capacity of something, alone the final result: ‘What happened at the meeting?’ ‘Well, to cut a continued adventure short, ten bodies are activity to lose their jobs.’Learn more: cut, long, short, story

long adventure short

phr. to accomplish a continued adventure short. Then the guy comes over, and—long adventure short—“You got a match?” Learn more: long, short, story

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make oneself felt make oneself scarce make out make over make room make room for someone or something make sense make sense of it make short work of something make something of it make something of yourself make something out make something up make strange make sure make the bed make the best of