| Subject | English | Russian |
| inf. | cut a long story short | если коротко, то ("Where did your parents meet?" "Well... to cut a long story short ... I think they both worked in the same company ... my dad used to be a trade union rep ... that's how they met I think..." alexghost) |
| saying. | cut a long story short | чтобы не тянуть кота за хвост (suburbian) |
| gen. | cut a long story short | чтобы не тянуть кота за хвост (suburbian) |
| Makarov. | cut the long story short | короче говоря |
| gen. | to cut the long story short | короче (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | long short story | повесть (Anglophile) |
| inf. | long story short | одним словом (Long story short, it was a fucking shit show. 4uzhoj) |
| inf. | long story short | словом (Anyway, long story short, I totally screwed up today. Alexander Demidov) |
| cliche. | long story short | короче говоря (My ex-wife when we were married didn't like my cat because it didn't like her very much. Cat threw up on the couch and even though I cleaned it up she threw the cat out for the night and wouldn't let me let her back in. Cat disappeared. There were coyotes in our neighborhood. Long story short, bitch killed the cat. (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | long story short | в двух словах (virgoann) |
| cliche. | make long story short | короче говоря |
| inf. | so long story short | в общем (в значении "одним словом": "So long story short," Damon continues, obviously enjoying his newfound status as Magic Kingdom iconoclast, "it got back to the director what I did and then it went all the way to Eisner's office."  herodictionary.com 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | to cut a long story short | вкратце (suburbian) |
| saying. | to cut a long story short | короче говоря (suburbian) |
| proverb | to cut a long story short | короче говоря (used as paren.) |
| inf. | to cut a long story short | короче (VLZ_58) |
| Игорь Миг | to cut a long story short | короче |
| Makarov. | to cut a long story short | короче говоря |
| Игорь Миг | to cut a long story short | если в двух словах, то |
| Игорь Миг | to cut a long story short | одним словом |
| gen. | to cut a long story short | словом (used to end an account of events quickly: To cut a long story short, I married Stephen. NOED. To cut a long story short, we both spent the night in jail. Alexander Demidov) |
| gen. | to cut a long story short | короче говоря (suburbian) |
| gen. | to make a long story short | проще говоря (Amica_S) |
| gen. | to make a long story short | одним словом (AlexandraM) |
| gen. | to make a long story short | короче говоря (Rust71) |
