put in a nutshell
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Representing both sacred and profane forms of intoxication, these sculptures by Kesang Lamdark put in a nutshell the main themes of “Tradition Transformed: Tibetan Artists Respond,” the Rubin’s first foray into exhibiting contemporary art.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2010
You put in a nutshell the feeling and emotions I can only convey, and even then with difficulty, to my doctors, my family and my friends.
From Time Magazine Archive
If civilization could be put in a nutshell, the neat result might well resemble Mandoa, Mandoa!
From Time Magazine Archive
The situation from the point of view of Holland was simple, and could be put in a nutshell.
From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)
To put in a nutshell what I mean, people in paying court to Regulus are copying the example he set.
From Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1 by Firth, John Benjamin
