long story short

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A reduced form of to cut a long story short and to make a long story short.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: القصة بإختصار — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Armenian: կարճ ասած (karč asac) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Azerbaijani: uzun sözün qısası — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Azerbaijani: sözün qısası — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Azerbaijani: nə başını ağrıdım — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Azerbaijani: nə başınızı ağrıdım — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Azerbaijani: xülasə — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Azerbaijani: vəlhasil — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Chinese Cantonese: 長話短說 /长话短说 (coeng4 waa6 dyun2 syut3) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Chinese Mandarin: 長話短說 /长话短说 (chánghuàduǎnshuō) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Dutch: lang verhaal kort — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Finnish: lyhyesti sanottuna — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• French: pour faire court — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• French: en résumé — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• French: en bref — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• German: kurz gesagt — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• German: kurz und gut — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• German: lange Rede, kurzer Sinn — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Greek: κοντολογίς (kontologís) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Greek: για να μην μακρηγορώ (gia na min makrigoró) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Hungarian: egy szó mint száz — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Hungarian: elég az hozzá, hogy — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Indonesian: singkat cerita — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Italian: in somma — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Italian: per tagliare corto — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Italian: per farla breve — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Malay: pendek cerita — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Malay: pendek kata — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Persian: خلاصه ، القصه ، آخر سر اینکه — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Polish: krótko mówiąc — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Polish: w skrócie — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Portuguese: trocando em miúdos — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Portuguese: resumindo e concluindo — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Russian: коро́че говоря́ (koróče govorjá) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: en resumen — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: resumiendo — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: para hacerla corta — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: para no hacerla larga — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: para no hacerte el cuento largo — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: para no estirarlo demasiado — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: para abreviar — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: abreviando — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: yendo al grano — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Spanish: al grano — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Swedish: kort och gott — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Turkish: uzun lafın kısası — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Turkish: velhasıl — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Turkish: velhasılıkelam — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story
• Ukrainian: коро́тше ка́жучи (korótše kážučy) — Introducing a short version of, or simply the conclusion of, an involved story