Usage of "meat and potatoes"

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Usage of meat and potatoes in English

The working group meetups are the meat and potatoes of the IPCC. 
 Wired 

It was trying to make a meat and potatoes, straight-forward soldier character. 
 Wired 

The people are now living on meat and potatoes, varied with fish. 
 Three Years in Tristan da Cunha 

The Blancos and others like them are the Bureau's meat and potatoes. 
 Death angel 

Then at dinner-time is brought a plate of hot meat and potatoes. 
 Three Years in Tristan da Cunha 

Plateful after plateful of stewed meat and potatoes, steaming and savoury, disappeared. 
 Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918 

For others, it means meat and potatoes seven days a week. 
 The Irish Times 

Cousins are really the meat and potatoes of the Extended Family Relations menu. 
 Sorry Please Thank You: Stories 

Script arcs, story beats and plot development: these were her meat and potatoes. 
 The Guardian 

All standard fare, the meat and potatoes of the Patagonian experience. 
 Climbing Magazine 

I wondered to see meat and potatoes for supper, hot buns, and apple-pies. 
 The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 

Here, girl, is some messed up meat and potatoes for you. 
 Rainbow Valley 

Living true to our biological heritage is the meat and potatoes of individual joy. 
 The Disposable Male 

Serve immediately, dividing the meat and potatoes between two plates. 
 The ultimate rice cooker cookbook: 250 no-fail recipes for pilaf... 

Pieces of meat and potatoes sat on long wooden tables cluttered with cooking implements. 
 Hook 

I plucked up pieces of meat and potatoes and carrots and jammed them in. 
 Savage 

Meanings of meat and potatoes in English