Advertisement
Online Dictionary: translate word or phrase from Indonesian to English or vice versa, and also from english to english on-line.
Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: To lie in a nutshell (0.01787 detik)
Found 1 items, similar to To lie in a nutshell.
English → English (gcide) Definition: To lie in a nutshell Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n. 1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula. [1913 Webster] in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; -- of statments, descriptions, reports, and other communications; as, to describe the convention in a nutshell. To be in a nutshell or To 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.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster +PJC]
English → English (gcide) Definition: To lie in a nutshell Nutshell \Nut"shell`\, n. 1. The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) A shell of the genus Nucula. [1913 Webster] in a nutshell in a summarized and very abbreviated form; -- of statments, descriptions, reports, and other communications; as, to describe the convention in a nutshell. To be in a nutshell or To 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.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Advertisement
