今日短语

当我们需要在很短的时间内把事情讲给别人听时，可以用 to make a long story short 来告诉对方从现在开始“长话短说”，把要点告诉你，其它细节就省略不提了。我们可以把 make 换成 cut，to cut a long story short 的意思也是一样的。

例句

To make a long story short, Peter and Julia got married and moved to Edinburgh.
长话短说，Peter 和 Julia 结婚了，然后搬到爱丁堡去了。

So much went wrong on the day, to make a long story short, we missed our flight.
那天诸事不顺，总之长话短说，我们最后没能赶上那班飞机。

Charlie worked in the record company for 20 years - to cut a long story short, during that time he became the most powerful figure in the industry.
Charlie 在唱片公司做了20年，长话短说，在这期间他成了业界最有影响力的人物。