The long and short of it is that he is lazy and doesn't really want to find a job.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
long and short of it — {n. phr.} The essence; the whole story in a nutshell. * /The long and short of it is that he is lazy and doesn t really want to find a job./ … Dictionary of American idioms
long and short of it — {n. phr.} The essence; the whole story in a nutshell. * /The long and short of it is that he is lazy and doesn t really want to find a job./ … Dictionary of American idioms
Long and Short haul Clause — ist die in der amerikanischen Eisenbahnsprache übliche abgekürzte Bezeichnung des § 4 des Bundesverkehrsgesetzes vom 4. Februar 1887, nach dem es »im zwischenstaatlichen Verkehr verboten ist, daß ein Frachtführer für die Beförderung von Reisenden … Enzyklopädie des Eisenbahnwesens
Long and short scales — The long and short scales are two of several different large number naming systems used throughout the world for integer powers of ten. Many countries, including most in continental Europe, use the long scale whereas most English speaking… … Wikipedia
The Long and Short of It — Infobox Film name = The Long and Short of It image size = caption = director = Sean Astin producer = Sean Astin Jamie Selkirk (co producer) Zane Weiner (co producer) Peter Jackson {executive producer) writer = Sean Astin starring = Andrew Lesnie… … Wikipedia
the\ long\ and\ short — • the long and (the) short n. phr. All that needs to be said; the basic fact; point. The long and the short of the matter is that the man is no actor. The money isn t there, and that s the long and short of it … Словарь американских идиом
The Long and short of it — est un court métrage réalisé par Sean Astin en 2003. Pendant un jour de congé sur le tournage du Seigneur des Anneaux, Sean Astin (Sam Gamegie) réalisa ce film, qui a pour acteurs Peter Jackson et les doublures de certains acteurs du film. On… … Wikipédia en Français
the long and short — of something is the substance, the most important part or the gist.( The long and the short is also used.) … The small dictionary of idiomes
The Long and Short of It — est un court métrage muet réalisé par Sean Astin en 2003. Pendant un jour de congé sur le tournage du Seigneur des Anneaux, Sean Astin (Sam Gamegie) réalisa ce film, qui a pour acteurs Andrew Lesnie, Peter Jackson et les doublures de certains… … Wikipédia en Français
the long and short — noun The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features. The speech went on for hours, but the long and short of it is that not much has changed since last year. Syn … Wiktionary
