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},
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"pos": "phrase",
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"word": "long story short"
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"glosses": [
"The situation is too complicated or extensive to talk about."
],
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],
"glosses": [
"The situation is too embarrassing to talk about."
],
"id": "en-it's_a_long_story-en-phrase-us0SW5w1",
"links": [
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"embarrassing",
"embarrassing"
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"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "說來話長"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuōláihuàcháng",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "说来话长"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "一言難盡"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīyánnánjìn",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "一言难尽"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "to je na dlouhé povídání"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "dat is een lang verhaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "50 50",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "lang verhaal"
}
],
"word": "it's a long story"
}
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"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English phrases"
],
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"2": "phrase"
},
"expansion": "it's a long story",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "phrase",
"related": [
{
"word": "long story short"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The situation is too complicated or extensive to talk about."
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The situation is too embarrassing to talk about."
],
"links": [
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"embarrassing",
"embarrassing"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "說來話長"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shuōláihuàcháng",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "说来话长"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "一言難盡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīyánnánjìn",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "一言难尽"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "to je na dlouhé povídání"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "dat is een lang verhaal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "situation is too complicated to talk about",
"word": "lang verhaal"
}
],
"word": "it's a long story"
}
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