Preview（腕試し）

Please guess the best answer.

What does this idiom mean?

A. in a short statement

B. in a small place

C. in a snack

　

Examples（例文）

This idiom is used when you want to say that you will say something in just a few words--when you want to say just the essence or the gist of a story.

Student: What does obnoxious mean, and what is an obnoxious person?

Teacher: It has many different meanings, and there are many different kinds of obnoxious people. In a nutshell, an obnoxious person is one who gets on your nerves.

　

Exercises （練習）

Other uses of the word "nut." Choose the best answer.

1. If you want to say someone is crazy (either jokingly or seriously), you can say that person is ____________ .

A. peanuts

B. nuts

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2. If you want to say an amount of money is very small--almost too small to worry much about--you might say the amount of money is ____________ .

A. peanuts

B. nuts