in a nutshell

意味

very briefly, giving only the main points

要点だけをごく手短に.

例文

1. 1In a nutshell, the plan is to save money by cooking at home more often.
2. 2Can you tell me in a nutshell what the film is about?
3. 3The meeting lasted two hours, but in a nutshell, nothing is going to change.
4. 4Her twenty-page report says, in a nutshell, that the shop should close on Sundays.
5. 5Without all the details, the story in a nutshell is that we missed the last train.

文法

決まった表現で、in a は変えない。put something in a nutshell や to put it in a nutshell の形でも使う。