| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | говорите короче | be brief |
| gen. | короче говоря | make short of long |
| gen. | короче говоря | put it shortly |
| gen. | короче говоря | put it in a nut shell (MichaelBurov) |
| gen. | короче говоря | Put concisely (tradeskantia) |
| gen. | короче говоря | in round numbers |
| gen. | короче говоря | in fine |
| gen. | короче говоря | in other words (в некоторых случаях 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | короче говоря | cutting to the chase (Cutting to the chase, here's the plan. • Cutting to the chase, here's what I need to know. 4uzhoj) |
| gen. | короче говоря | as a brief summary (Johnny Bravo) |
| gen. | короче говоря | in a nutshell |
| gen. | короче говоря | in few |
| Makarov. | короче говоря | to cut a long story short |
| Makarov. | короче говоря | cut the long story short |
| Makarov. | короче говоря | in a word |
| inf. | короче говоря | bottom line (Bottom line is, you give them time, they're going to make plays, and that's what they did. VLZ_58) |
| inf. | короче говоря | simply put (stated in simple language Val_Ships) |
| amer. | короче говоря | the bottom line is (выражение ситуативное Val_Ships) |
| math. | короче говоря | in brief (in brief (to be brief), the task of a transmitter is to generate...) |
| math. | короче говоря | be brief (in brief (to be brief), the task of a transmitter is to generate...) |
| proverb | короче говоря | to cut a long story short (used as paren.) |
| короче говоря | put it in a nutshell (Frenny) |
| rhetor. | короче говоря | cut it simple (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| inet. | короче говоря | DR (johnner) |
| idiom. | короче говоря | the long and short of it (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| cliche. | короче говоря | make long story short |
| cliche. | короче говоря | long story short (My ex-wife when we were married didn't like my cat because it didn't like her very much. Cat threw up on the couch and even though I cleaned it up she threw the cat out for the night and wouldn't let me let her back in. Cat disappeared. There were coyotes in our neighborhood. Long story short, bitch killed the cat. (Twitter) ART Vancouver) |
| saying. | короче говоря | to cut a long story short (suburbian) |
| inet. | короче говоря | TL (johnner) |
| proverb | короче говоря | in short (used as paren.) |
| relig. | короче говоря | paucis verbis |
| math. | короче говоря | in short |
| math. | короче говоря | briefly |
| inf. | короче говоря | put together (Nannet) |
| inf. | короче говоря | put simply (Val_Ships) |
| inf. | короче говоря | put it in short (snowleopard) |
| gen. | короче говоря | to cut a long story short (suburbian) |
| gen. | короче говоря | to cut it short (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| gen. | короче говоря | put it squarely (Vadim Rouminsky) |
| gen. | короче говоря | in brief |
| gen. | короче говоря | in sum |
| gen. | короче говоря | be brief |
| gen. | короче говоря | to make a long story short (Rust71) |
| gen. | короче говоря | shorten the story (Амбарцумян) |
| gen. | короче говоря | put it in a nutshell |
| gen. | короче говоря | the long and the short of it is |
| gen. | короче говоря | in one word |
| Makarov. | короче говоря, вы отказываетесь | put it plainly you refuse |
| quot.aph. | короче говоря, дело заключается в том, что | the long and short of the matter is that (Alex_Odeychuk) |
| Makarov. | короче говоря, он хочет сказать: страна увязла в долгах | his speech comes to this: the country is deeply in debt |
| Makarov. | короче говоря, они выиграли | the long and the short of it is that they won |
| gen. | короче говоря все дело в том, что они выиграли | the long and the short of it is that they won |
| cinema | Короче говоря, 12 раз | that's zip for twelve (Sebastijana) |
