Why Do We Say ‘Cut to the Chase’?
The urge to skip straight to the good stuff is nothing new. Some folks can't read a murder mystery without flipping to the back of the book to discover "whodunit." And if you know someone with the gift of gab, you might feel the urge to stop them in the
middle of a rant and say, "Cut to the chase!" This idiomatic phrase means "to go directly to the important part of a story, argument, or discussion." In other words, it means skipping the small talk and getting to the action, which is precisely where the phrase's origin lies. "Cut...
