当你想跳过不重要的细节，直接告诉别人事情的结果或重点时，使用这个过渡句。

• To make a long story short, we missed the plane. ^{长话短说，我们没赶上飞机。}
• Anyway, to make a long story short, they got married in the end. ^{总之，长话短说，他们最后结婚了。}
• I’ll make a long story short: the project was a success. ^{我就长话短说吧：项目成功了。}