meat and potatoes

Meaning

Adj

Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.

Noun

1. (US, informal, uncountable) The essential part or parts of something.
2. (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes.

Synonyms

base

basis

bed

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bedrock

footing

foundation

fundament

grass roots

ground

grounding

groundwork

Translations

meollo

parte fundamental

común y corriente