meat and potatoes

Example Sentences

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He just flipped open his script, tapped it with the flat of his hand, and said, “This? All this memorizing, all this work? That’s the meat and potatoes.”

From Salon

"She got the diet just right for Middle England - meat and potatoes, all the greens in the right place. And sponge pudding to follow. It's comfortable and regular. Sometimes you'll even enjoy it."

From BBC

I’d like to move on to a few questions about sort of the meat and potatoes issues that you touched on earlier.

From Salon

Surely Lee, who had previously described himself as a “meat and potatoes” guy, liked Kobe beef?

From Los Angeles Times

And this winter, the organization decided to refocus his defensive work primarily at catcher, with general manager Brandon Gomes saying the position has to be “his meat and potatoes.”

From Los Angeles Times