Idioms

long and the short of it
all the facts, the whole story, a brief summing up of something
I phoned my friend and he told me the long and the short of why he got fired.

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  • long face
  • look (someone) in the eye/face
  • look a gift horse in the mouth
  • look after (someone)
  • look at (someone) cross-eyed
  • look at the world through rose-colored glasses
  • look back on (something)
  • look down on (someone or something)
  • look down one's nose at (someone or something)
  • look for (something to happen)
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  • fair game
  • cozy up to (someone)
  • hush up (something) or hush (something) up
  • up against (someone or something)
  • sucker list
  • a rolling stone
  • with one hand tied behind one's back
  • come out of one's shell
  • in the prime of life
  • out in the cold


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