story

but that's another story

(informal)used after raising a matter to indicate that one does not want to expand on it for now

(非正式)但是那是另一回事

end of story

(informal)used to emphasize that there is nothing to add on a matter just mentioned

(非正式)就是這個樣子，僅此而已

Men don't cry in public. End of story.

男人不會在公共場合哭泣。就是這樣。

it's a long story

(informal)used to indicate that, for now, one does not want to talk about something that is too painful and involved

(非正式)說來話長，一言難盡

it's (或 that's) the story of one's life

(informal)used to lament the fact that a particular misfortune has happened too often in one's experience

(非正式)那就是…經歷的縮影

the same old story

used to indicate that a particular bad situation is tediously familiar

老一套，老樣子

United kept on trying but it was the same old sotry—no luck.

雖然聯隊一直在努力，但還是老樣子，運氣不佳。

the story goes

it is said or rumoured

據說；據謠傳

&B{the story goes that} he's fallen out with his friends.

據說他跟他的朋友們鬧翻了。

to cut (或 北美

used to end an account of events quickly

長話短說，簡而言之

to cut a long story short, I married Stephen.

長話短說，我和斯蒂芬結婚了。