Mountain ranges [Photo/SIPA]

“来龙去脉”，汉语成语，本指山脉的走势和去向，现比喻一件事的前因后果（cause and effect of an event），可以翻译为“ins and outs，origin and development或whole story”等。

例句：

我不知道这件事的来龙去脉。

I don't know the ins and outs of the matter.

卢克从不告诉你事情的来龙去脉，但你总会弄明白是怎么回事。

Luke never tells you the whole story, but you always get the picture.

她需要一份关于事情来龙去脉的报告。

She wanted a blow-by-blow account of what happened.

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