long and the short of it
короче говоря, вот и весь сказ
Adam got fired because he didn't do his job well; that's the long and the short of it.
Другие идиомы:
- long arm of the law
- long shot
- long haul
- long face
- long in the tooth
- lead a dog's life
- leopard can't change its spots
- let sleeping dogs lie
- let the cat out of the bag
- like a bat out of hell
- like a deer caught in the headlights
- like lambs to the slaughter
- lion's share of (something)
- live high on/off the hog
- loaded for bear