Or you could say, we have the long and the short of it.

或者你也可以说，我们取长补短。

youdao

So let's talk about the long and the short of budget deficits.

因此，让我们讨论一下长期和短期预算赤字问题。

youdao

The short of it is that long hair means there is always, at least, hope.

短吻的话代表长发至少总带来个希望。

youdao

It is a collection of linked short stories about the lives of very rich and very poor people in Pakistan.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

The same nations and the short life expectancy of birth probably the lowest quality of life in other areas.

这一数字在下降，在上述国家,新生儿预期寿命较短，某些区域生活质量极低。

麻省理工公开课 - 媒体、教育、市场课程节选

I'm perfectly capable of understanding the past in and for itself without any contribution of my own, without, in short, any preconceptions."

我十分能够理解过去,而没有自己的贡献，简单点说就是没有任何的先入之见“

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

The short of the matter is that capitalism is the engine of the general betterment of the human condition and profits its essential tool.

FORBES: If Pope Francis Despises Poverty, He Must Learn To Love Profits

Nor the short of capital.

ECONOMIST: The Carlyle Group

The dominance of short-termism is evidenced by the magnitude of institutional stock "renting" for terms of 12 months or less, the volume of high-speed, high-frequency algorithmic short-term trading, the short average tenures of chief executive officers and the dominance of executive compensation tied solely to short-term results.

FORBES: Leadership