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nutshell is the outer shell of a
nutNut is a general term for the large, dry, oily seeds or fruit of some plants. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts. Nuts are an important source of nutrients for both humans and...
. A nutshell generally is an undesirable section of a nut, and is often removed before
consumptionIngestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in the substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking...
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The expression "in a nutshell" (of a story, proof, etc.) means
"in essenceIn philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the object or substance has contingently, without...
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metaphorA metaphor is a figure of speech concisely comparing two things, saying that one is the other. The English metaphor derives from the 16th c...
ically alluding to the fact that the essence of the nut, i.e., its edible part is inside its shell.
The expression further gave rise to the journalist term "nutgraph", or "nutshell paragraph".
"The part of a persons body that sits on the top of there neck, referred to as there "HEAD".
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nutshell is the outer shell of a
nutNut is a general term for the large, dry, oily seeds or fruit of some plants. While a wide variety of dried seeds and fruits are called nuts in English, only a certain number of them are considered by biologists to be true nuts. Nuts are an important source of nutrients for both humans and...
. A nutshell generally is an undesirable section of a nut, and is often removed before
consumptionIngestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism. In animals, it normally is accomplished by taking in the substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking...
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Idiomatic usage
The expression "in a nutshell" (of a story, proof, etc.) means
"in essenceIn philosophy, essence is the attribute or set of attributes that make an object or substance what it fundamentally is, and which it has by necessity, and without which it loses its identity. Essence is contrasted with accident: a property that the object or substance has contingently, without...
",
metaphorA metaphor is a figure of speech concisely comparing two things, saying that one is the other. The English metaphor derives from the 16th c...
ically alluding to the fact that the essence of the nut, i.e., its edible part is inside its shell.
The expression further gave rise to the journalist term "nutgraph", or "nutshell paragraph".
"The part of a persons body that sits on the top of there neck, referred to as there "HEAD". Often quite thick and hard, and impossible to get a thought, message or an idea through."
USAGE: You will never get anything through that nutshell.