meat and potatoes
Example Sentences
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"Staples like bread, meat and potatoes all cost more than they did even a month ago," says Danni Hewson, head of financial analysis at investment platform AJ Bell.
From BBC • Nov. 19, 2025
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 • Jun. 18, 2025
How is writing for “Matlock,” a meat and potatoes procedural, the same or different as writing for “Jane the Virgin,” which leaned on magical surrealism?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
Pairing it with a simple side of partially mashed chickpeas will satisfy that meat and potatoes guy in your life for Father’s Day.
From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2023
“I was raised on meat and potatoes, and I’ve made it to thirty-five.”
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
