in a nutshell
To put concisely
In a nutshell means in the briefest possible form, summarizing the essential points.
The phrase suggests compressing something complex into a space as small as a nutshell.
It typically introduces or concludes a summary: In a nutshell, we need more funding and fewer regulations.
Someone might ask for the nutshell version when they want the gist without all the details.
- bottom lineEssential point or conclusion
- summaryCondensed account of essentials
- quick summaryCondensed overview of content
- pithyConcise and forceful
- brieflyIn few words
gist · to sum up · long story short · kernel · succinct · in short · get to the point · essence · concise · in effect · epitome · in sum · condensed · compendious · maxim · colloquialism · idiom · distillation
- Get to the Pointcut to the chase, bottom line, spit it out, long story short, straight talk
- idiomstime flies, hit the sack, seize the day, ring a bell, break a leg
- summariessummary, synopsis, summaries, abstract, abstracts
- in summaryin short, in brief, in sum, briefly, succinctly
- clarifiersi.e., e.g., namely, meaning, specifically
- expressions of simplicityeasy, simple, basic, plain, clear
in a nutshellat length
In great detail
in detail · in great detail · in full · blow by blow · word for word
in a nutshellthe whole story
Complete version of events
in its entirety · from start to finish · comprehensively · exhaustively · warts and all
shell, nourish, nutrition, nutrient, shelled, nutcase, nutshell, nutcracker, nutshells