in a nutshell

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in a nutshell

something that you say when you are describing something using as few words as possible Karen wants them to get married and buy a house and Mike wants them to carry on as they are and that, in a nutshell, is the problem. Well, to put it in a nutshell, we're going to have to start again.

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It all lies in a nutshell my dear; in a nutshell, take the Dodger's word for it. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context Here is the reading, as your English phrase goes, in a nutshell. The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context To Martin that was the whole matter in a nutshell, and Rose's gentle question threw him into momentary confusion. Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context More results

? References in classic literature

It all lies in a nutshell my dear; in a nutshell, take the Dodger's word for it.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

Here is the reading, as your English phrase goes, in a nutshell.

The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie View in context

To Martin that was the whole matter in a nutshell, and Rose's gentle question threw him into momentary confusion.

Dust by Haldeman, Julius Mr. and Mrs. View in context

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