英语词汇“meat and potatoes”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The meat and potatoes of something is its most important, or basic, part. You might say that the meat and potatoes of your school day is your English class.

If you think of meat and potatoes as making up the fundamental part of a person's meal — the portion that provides the most nutrients and calories — you'll see where the figurative meaning of meat and potatoes comes from. The basic arguments are the meat and potatoes of a debate, and a detective chasing a bad guy is the meat and potatoes of a classic mystery novel. The essential ingredients are the meat and potatoes.

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meat and potatoes

USAGE EXAMPLES

Dystopian tales will always be the meat and potatoes of the science fiction genre, regardless of what’s happening in the real world.

Salon(Nov 30, 2016)

Mr. Oberlin often sang early music like Handel, John Dowland and William Byrd, the countertenor’s meat and potatoes.

New York Times(Nov 29, 2016)

Their predecessors, David Stern and Billy Hunter, rarely agreed on Coke or Pepsi, let alone the meat and potatoes.

Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016)

n the fundamental part

successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration

Hyper

base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

单词	meat and potatoes
释义	meat and potatoes (once / 63545 pages) n The meat and potatoes of something is its most important, or basic, part. You might say that the meat and potatoes of your school day is your English class. If you think of meat and potatoes as making up the fundamental part of a person's meal — the portion that provides the most nutrients and calories — you'll see where the figurative meaning of meat and potatoes comes from. The basic arguments are the meat and potatoes of a debate, and a detective chasing a bad guy is the meat and potatoes of a classic mystery novel. The essential ingredients are the meat and potatoes. WORD FAMILY meat and potatoes USAGE EXAMPLES Dystopian tales will always be the meat and potatoes of the science fiction genre, regardless of what’s happening in the real world. Salon(Nov 30, 2016) Mr. Oberlin often sang early music like Handel, John Dowland and William Byrd, the countertenor’s meat and potatoes. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) Their predecessors, David Stern and Billy Hunter, rarely agreed on Coke or Pepsi, let alone the meat and potatoes. Washington Times(Nov 23, 2016) n the fundamental part successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration Hyper base, basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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