1. nutshell - Noun
2. nutshell - Verb
The shell or hard external covering in which the kernel of a nut is inclosed.
Hence, a thing of little compass, or of little value.
A shell of the genus Nucula.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ. W. Somerset Maugham
Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there. Sydney J. Harris
To be absolutely honest, what I feel really bad about is that I don't feel worse. There's the ineffectual liberal's problem in a nutshell. Michael Frayn
[Footnote:] To give the Beaver his due, he does things because he has to do them, not because he believes that hard work per se will somehow make him a better Beaver -- the Beaver may be dumb, but he is not that dumb! The Beaver was made to gnaw, and gnaw he does. There you have him in a nutshell. Will Cuppy
You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There's life in a nutshell. Bear Grylls
I played a little basketball, but basketball interfered with theater season. That's when we did our term plays and did nutshell versions of Shakespeare for English classes. And, believe me, I got a fair amount of looks from the guys on the team. 'You're in theater but you can play football?' Dennis Haysbert