Meaning:
The phrase 'meat and potatoes refers to the essential parts or aspects of something.
Examples:
- Yes, take notes in class, but only when it's really important. Discussion is the meat and potatoes of this course.
- With plenty of meat and potatoes.
- Whatever happened to meat and potatoes?
- Most of the rest is meat and potatoes.
- Not bad, but skynyrd is meat and potatoes, And i'm bringing dessert,
- First of all, try not to refer to your body as "meat and potatoes."
- I eat meat and potatoes.
- Your diet may suffer from being quite humdrum; more meat and potatoes than anything else, unfortunately.
- The real meat and potatoes of the app world starts at the $249/month price point.
- Love that red meat? Replace one meat and potatoes night each week with a chicken and potatoes night.