in a nutshell
to summarise
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in a nutshell = kurz zusammen gefasst (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX in a nutshell: approximately 2,100,000 hits
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IN A NUTSHELL, we may be more likely to develop allergies and asthma because we're eating too many foods that promote inflammation and too few foods that halt it.
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in a nutshell
figure of speech
- in a few words; concisely
(American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
This expression has its roots in the Roman writer Pliny's description of Homer's Iliad being written in so small a hand that it could fit in a nutshell. It was generally used to describe anything compact, but for the past few centuries has referred mainly to written and oral communications.
In a nutshell is an example of a hyperbolic expression, a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for effect or emphasis (from the Latin hyperbole and the Greek huperbole meaning excess).
Here are a few other common hyperbolic expressions:
- I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
- This book weighs a ton!
- I nearly died laughing.
- It’s colder than a gravedigger’s heart.
- It’s hot as hell today!
- She’s sly as a fox.
- You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.
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the bottom line is, let’s cut to the chase, here’s the deal, to summarise, to sum it up, to break it all down, it all boils down to, to recap
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"IN A NUTSHELL, if we don’t increase profits by 30% by year end, we’ll be out of business."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
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figure of speech
- in a few words; concisely
(American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
This expression has its roots in the Roman writer Pliny's description of Homer's Iliad being written in so small a hand that it could fit in a nutshell. It was generally used to describe anything compact, but for the past few centuries has referred mainly to written and oral communications.
In a nutshell is an example of a hyperbolic expression, a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for effect or emphasis (from the Latin hyperbole and the Greek huperbole meaning excess).
Here are a few other common hyperbolic expressions:
- I’m so hungry I could eat a horse.
- This book weighs a ton!
- I nearly died laughing.
- It’s colder than a gravedigger’s heart.
- It’s hot as hell today!
- She’s sly as a fox.
- You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure that out.
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SYNONYMS
the bottom line is, let’s cut to the chase, here’s the deal, to summarise, to sum it up, to break it all down, it all boils down to, to recap
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY
say something like:
"IN A NUTSHELL, if we don’t increase profits by 30% by year end, we’ll be out of business."
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QUICK, BEFORE YOU GO, TEST YOUR MEMORY !!
Do you remember yesterday's OWAD?
What's the missing phrase?
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