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idiomthe meat and potatoes of sth AmEAmEthe most basic and usual parts of a job, profession, or situation:Crime, parks, and traffic have always been the meat and potatoes of city elections.Parental relationships are the meat and potatoes of an analyst's work.meat-and-potatoes: Hermann discusses complicated problems in meat-and-potatoes language that we can all understand. —compare sb's bread and butter
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