Timeline for "Heart of the matter" Vs "gist of the matter"
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| Feb 12, 2017 at 23:22 | vote | accept | A-friend | ||
| Feb 12, 2017 at 23:22 | vote | accept | A-friend | ||
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| Feb 12, 2017 at 23:09 | comment | added | Peter | Yes, you can say "Let's get to the heart of the matter." which would mean let's discuss the "bare bones" of where our disagreement might be to more quickly find agreement. "I get the gist of your story"="I understand the general idea of what you are trying to say." or "The gist of the story is he was wrong." to cut an explanation short. | |
| Feb 12, 2017 at 23:04 | history | edited | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 12, 2017 at 23:02 | comment | added | A-friend | Do you mean I can say: "cut / get to the heart of the matter" and "get the gist of story" and both mean the same @Peter? Just didn't take your point. :( | |
| Feb 12, 2017 at 18:18 | history | answered | Peter | CC BY-SA 3.0 |