to cut a long story short1 spoken used to say that you are only going to mention the main facts of something 长话短说 To cut a long story short, he threw them out of the house. 长话短说吧,他把他们赶出了屋子。
to cut a long story short• I was a waitress in a bar and he was one of my customers, and that, to cut a long story short, is how we met.
→ to cut a long story short at cut1(23)
2 (also to make a long story short American English)SHORT TIME used when you only give the main point of something you are talking about, and not all the other details 长话短说;简而言之;总之 → to cut a long story short at story(SPOKEN SECT)