in a nutshell

Meaning

1. Oxford86% of films

   (to say or express sth) in a very clear way, using few words

   That's it in a nutshell, basically.

   In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before.

In the movies · 7

• That's it in a nutshell, basically.The Terminal2004
• In a nutshell, all the original lymphoma was gone, except this new area, which was never there before.Be Here Now2015
• In a nutshell.M3GAN2022
• That's the navy in a nutshell, isn't it?Greyhound2020
• And that, in a nutshell, is the Fox Books philosophy.You've Got Mail1998
• Well in a nutshell yes please thank you very muchThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015
• Denmark's a prison and he'd rather live in a nutshell.Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead1991
• Now, that is us in a nutshell. Well, who runs it that we can talk to?We Are Marshall2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Be Here Now2015
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  • Andy Wins the Role of Spartacus
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