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long and the short of it/the matter, the the long and the short of it all that can or need be said. 1999 Tim Lott White City Blue His mother takes a lot of looking after, his wage is worse than Nodge's, and the long and short of it is he hasn't got a pot to piss in. See also: and, long, of, short the long and the short of it The substance or gist: You can look on the front page of the paper for the long and the short of it.See also: and, long, of, shortlong and the short of it/the matter, theThe essence of the matter; in a nutshell. This expression, sometimes reversed (that is, the short and the long of something), dates from the fourteenth century. Shakespeare preferred the reversed form (Henry V, 3.2; The Merry Wives of Windsor, 2.1), but by the end of the seventeenth century long nearly always preceded short.See also: and, long, of, short |