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that’s about the size of it

That is the truth of the matter; that sums it up
-Said to confirm a person’s assessment of a situation

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  • Mid-19th century British expression that wound up bleeding into American English - appeared in Mark Twain‘s Tramp Abroad (1880)
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If we can't make any more sales then we're going to end up losing our jobs! -- “Yep, that‘s about the size of it.”

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