#每天学点地道口语表达# Day 14 “长话短说”的英语表达
有时碰到客户来公司拜访，老板往往会滔滔不绝地介绍公司、产品、未来愿景、发展前景等，长篇大论，生怕别人不知道。
Sometimes when customers visit the company, the boss often gives a long speech on the company, products, future vision, development prospects, etc., for fear that others will not know.
很多客户碍于情面，只好耐着性子听，不好意思表现出不耐烦，偶尔还要附和两句，吹捧一下。
For the sake of affection, many customers have to listen patiently, embarrassed to show impatience, and occasionally go along with a few words of flattery.
如果碰到个脾气没那么好的，或者相对直接点的外国人，他可能就会来一句：Please make a long story short!（请您长话短说！）
当然，make short of long省略了story，在口语中也是可以的，表示同一种意思，就是“别废话，说重点”。
在英式英语中，一般会用cut来代替make，这个短语就变成了cut a long story short或者cut short of long。
In British English, cut is usually used instead of make, and this phrase becomes cut a long story short or cut short of long.
