Pengertian Long Story Short
Long story short adalah frasa American English yang digunakan ketika seseorang ingin mengutarakan sesuatu yang telah terjadi tetapi tidak ingin mengatakan secara detail, melainkan langsung ke hasil akhir atau poin utamanya.
Frasa yang berfungsi sebagai adverb (kata keterangan) ini memiliki beberapa versi yang lebih panjang, yaitu:
- to cut long story short (British English)
- to make long story short (American English)
Lihat juga:
- long time no see
- string someone along
- low/short
- as far as I’m concerned
- blow somebody’s mind
- blow something/someone off
- mind-blowing
- get/have cold feet
- get your head around something
- give someone the cold shoulder
Contoh Kalimat Long Story Short dan Artinya
- Long story short, I missed the opportunity.
(Pendek cerita saya kehilangan kesempatan tersebut.) - A: Why did they give up on the project?
(Mengapa mereka mengerah dengan proyek tersebut?)
B: Well, long story short, they ran out of money.
(Singkat cerita, mereka kehabisan uang.) - A: What happened to her?
(Apa yang terjadi padanya?)
B: She had pain behind her knee, and long story short, she ended up having a surgery last week.
(Belakang lututnya sakit, dan pendek cerita, dia dioperasi minggu lalu.)
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- take something with a grain of salt (phrase)
- Put One’s Finger on Something (Phrase)
- In any case (Phrase)
- miles from anywhere (phrase)
- not one’s cup of tea (phrase)
- from/out of nowhere (phrase)
- At Ease (Phrase)
- So What? (Phrase)
- run a mile (phrase)
- keep something under one’s hat
References:
- Meaning of “long story short” in the English Dictionary. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/long-story-short. Accessed on February 2, 2018.
- Long Story Short. https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/long+story+short. Accessed on February 2, 2018.
- Long Story Short. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/long-story-short. Accessed on February 2, 2018.
- to cut/make a long story short – definition and synonyms. https://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/to-cut-make-a-long-story-short. Accessed on February 2, 2018.
- to cut a long story short. https://www.englishclub.com/ref/esl/Conversational_Phrases/T/to_cut_a_long_story_short_4401.htm. Accessed on February 2, 2018.