the long and short of it

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   used when you are telling sb the essential facts about sth or what effect it will have, without explaining all the details

   Abortion is murder, that's the long and short of it.

   and that is the long and short of it.

In the movies · 2

• Abortion is murder, that's the long and short of it.Whatever Works2009
• and that is the long and short of it.Poor Things2023
• Long story short.Lucky Number Slevin2006
• I'll cut a long story short.Coffee and Cigarettes2004
• Long story short, we're marooned.Lightyear2022
• Long story short from now on yous work for Frankie and LennyShark Tale2004
• To make a long story short...Barry Lyndon1975
• - Been with the unit long? - A short while.The Untouchables1987

Learn it in full scenes

• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• as long as your arm
• at long last
• at the longest
• by a long way
• go back a long way
• go a long way
• have come a long way
• have a long way to go
• how long is a piece of string
• in the long run
• it's a long story
• the long arm of

More idioms

• think nothing of it
• what's not to like
• disappear off the face of the earth
• sit tight
• be life
• say what
• in no hurry
• anything goes
• keep your eyes peeled
• make peace with
• be on the phone
• be supposed to do