the long and the short of it
the long and short of it

There you are, the long and the short of it.

The long and the short of it is she needs a companion.

So, the long and the short of it is that it's not bad to have the right older dog around a young child.

We'll question the long and the short of it in our quiz.

"The long and the short of it is no one has consulted us," he said.

The long and the short of it, people, is that we extended ourselves too for.

The long and the short of it is that you have let the man slip through your fingers.

The long and the short of it is that he came in to replace Andy.

And the long and the short of it was, he said I might.

"The long and the short of it is we actually are in a revocation hearing right now," he said.

"Well, my friends, the long and the short of it is that we have permission," Barry said.

The long and the short of it is that one could barely hear the music most of the time.

Only, well, the long and the short of it is, he's dead."

Danny Fuller he backslid, there's the long and the short of it.

"The long and the short of it is that I ended up panicking.

The long and the short of it was that we cruised about aimlessly until the sun came out again.

That was all; that was the long and the short of it.

"You lied to me, Nick, that's the long and the short of it.

Certain ideas occur to me that are not comic and that's the long and the short of it.

But the long and the short of it is we're mortal tired of being invisible.

Anyway, the long and the short of it was that we started living together, first at weekends and then full time."

And the long and the short of it I'm afraid is, your mother's gone.'

"And the long and the short of it is, you're fixed up," said Wimsey.

But the long and the short of it is that we must stop atGreenwich .

That's the long and the short of it; and I leave it to you, my boy."