in a nutshell | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)In summary;brieflyorsimply.He had a lot to say, but his answer,in a nutshell, was no.2019May 1, Daniel Taylor,The Guardian‎[1]:Sadio Mané wasted a glorious chance in the first half and, late on, Mohamed Salah turned his shot against a post after a goal-line clearance had spun his way. That,in a nutshell, perhaps sums up the difference between Messi and the players on the next rung below – the ones who can be described as great footballers without necessarily being football greats.1899February,Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company,[…],→OCLC, part I:The yarns of seamen have a direct simplicity, the whole meaning of which lieswithin the shell of a cracked nut.

Examples:

EN: So there, you got the whole thing in the morning and the ship shoves off in a nutshell.
ES: Así que ya está, lo tienes todo por la mañana y el barco zarpa en un santiamén.
EN: So now you have the window cleaning business in a nutshell.
ES: Ahí tiene el negocio de la limpieza de ventanas en pocas palabras.
EN: That's my whole plot in a nutshell.
ES: En pocas palabras, ése es mi plan.
EN: And that's the story in a nutshell.
ES: Y ésa es la historia en síntesis.
EN: I told you his life and death in a nutshell.
ES: De una vez le he contado su vida y su muerte.
EN: Auntie dear... the history of all your mistakes... in a nutshell.
ES: Querida tía. La historia de todos tus errores.
EN: - That's you in a nutshell. You and your big ideas. They never work.
ES: Tú y tus gran ideas, nunca funcionan.
EN: Let me give you Erich in a nutshell.
ES: Déjame darte a Erich en dos palabras.
EN: He'd look cute in a nutshell, but if you don't mind...
ES: Estará muy mono en una cáscara de nuez, pero si no te importa...
EN: Now, here's our trouble in a nutshell.
ES: Ahora, aquí está nuestro problema en pocas palabras.
EN: - But that's it in a nutshell.
ES: - Pero eso es todo, en pocas palabras.
EN: There you have it in a nutshell, Danny.
ES: En breve, ése es el asunto.
EN: Jug, my boy, you can put it in a nutshell:
ES: Jug, chico, en resumen:
EN: That's the trucking game for you in a nutshell.
ES: Es lo más excitante que puede pasarte en esta profesión.
EN: - The whole truth in a nutshell.
ES: - En pocas palabras, toda la verdad.

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