nutshell : Idioms & Phrases
in a nutshell
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adverb summed up briefly
- gave the facts in a nutshell
- just tell me the story in a nutshell
- explained the situation in a nutshell
WordNet
To be, ∨ lie , in a nutshell
- to be within a small compass; to admit of very brief or simple determination or statement. "The remedy lay in a nutshell."