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long and the short of it |
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long and the short of it and short and the long of it Fig. the most important point; the summary of the matter. Jill: Is there some reason that you've spent the last half hour complaining about Fred? Jane: The long and the short of it is, I hate working with him so much that I'm going to resign. Dad keeps saying that he can't spend the rest of his life in mourning for Mother. I finally asked him if he was thinking of getting married again. "That's the long and the short of it," he admitted. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The long and the short of it is, gentlemen, that it is better to do nothing But it's gone, that's the long and the short of it, and you'll just have to change to a red flann'l one till I can get time to make a new one. However, the long and the short of it is, that he has asked my permission to make you an offer of marriage--of marriage, you know," said Mr. |
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