 |
| English | Russian |
| 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) |
| long story short | одним словом (Long story short, it was a fucking shit show. 4uzhoj) |
| long story short | словом (Anyway, long story short, I totally screwed up today. Alexander Demidov) |
| short story | повестушка |
| 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) |
| to cut a long story short | короче (VLZ_58) |