the long and (the) short of it
成語所屬單字long
the long and (the) short of it — 慣用語
1. The basic facts or the main point of a situation.
1.慣用語
釋義
總而言之；要點
The basic facts or the main point of a situation.
例句
The long and short of it is that we need more money.
What's the long and short of his argument?