the short and the long of it
the short and the long of it
The essential or most important point being made; the plain truth of the matter. There are a lot of reasons I don't want to go, but the short and the long of it is that I don't want to see my ex-boyfriend there. Bob, the short and the long of it is that we aren't satisfied with your performance in work lately.
See also: and, long, of, short
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (as) plain as the nose on (one's) face
- be as plain as the nose on (one's) face
- vanilla
- (as) plain as day
- plain as day
- plain
- plain as day/the nose on your face
- day
- get to the heart of
- get to the heart of (something)