in a nutshell

Etymology
, derived from an anecdote in, who ascribes to the claim that the whole ' was once written on parchment and enclosed within a nutshell (' 7.21.85).

Adverb

 * 1)  In summary; briefly or simply.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:in summary

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 概括地說
 * Czech: v kostce,
 * Danish: i en nøddeskal
 * Dutch: in een notendop
 * Esperanto: unuvorte
 * Finnish:, sanalla sanottuna, lyhyesti sanottuna
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: მოკლედ
 * German:, mit einem Worte
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Hindi: संक्षेप में
 * Hungarian: dióhéjban
 * Icelandic: í hnotskurn
 * Indonesian:, singkatnya,
 * Irish: go hachomair, i mbeagán focal
 * Italian: in breve, in sostanza, in poche parole
 * Japanese:, つまりは
 * Latin: in nuce
 * Maori: koia pū
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: i et nøtteskall
 * Nynorsk: i eit nøtteskal
 * Polish: w pigułce
 * Portuguese: em poucas palavras
 * Russian:, , , одни́м сло́вом, коро́че говоря́
 * Spanish: en resumen, en pocas palabras
 * Swedish: i ett nötskal,
 * Thai: โดยย่อ
 * Vietnamese: