the short and the long of it

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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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Megaira	-	Greek Mythology
Veca	VE-tsah	Serbian
Philis	FIL-is	English (Rare)
Manuel	mah-NWEL (Spanish), man-oo-EL (Portuguese), MAHN-oo-el (German)	Spanish, Portuguese, German, English, Italian, French, Romanian, Late Greek (Latinized)
Ragnhild	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
TunÇ	TOONCH	Turkish