English-Portuguese translations for in a nutshell

• em poucas palavras
  Em poucas palavras, devemos permitir aos pacientes tomarem o controlo das suas doenças. In a nutshell, patients should be allowed to take control of their own illnesses.
  Eis em poucas palavras a avaliação da Comissão Europeia, que negociou por parte da União. That, in a nutshell, is the verdict of the Commission as the EU's trade negotiator.
  Em poucas palavras: estavam a ser realizados programas para os quais não havia recursos humanos suficientes. In a nutshell: there were programmes being run for which there were insufficient staff resources available.
• numa casca de noz

Definition of in a nutshell

• In summary; briefly or simply

Examples

• He had a lot to say, but his answer, in a nutshell, was no

Related words

• in a minute
• taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• just a minute
• wait a minute
• to talk a mile a minute
• not a minute too soon
• a few minutes
• there's a sucker born every minute