Definitions for meat and potatoes
meat and pota·toes

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meat and potatoesnoun

   the fundamental part

   "successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meat and potatoesnoun

   The essential part or parts of something.

2. meat and potatoesadjective

   normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript in description

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. meat and potatoes

   1) Literal meaning: Meat and potatoes are basic food items, often referring specifically to a dish or meal where meat (such as beef, chicken, or pork) and potatoes are the main elements. 2) Figurative meaning: In informal English, "meat and potatoes" refers to the most important, basic, or fundamental aspects of an issue, topic, work, etc. This term is used to point out the core elements or essential parts. For example, the "meat and potatoes" of a movie might be its main plotline, or the "meat and potatoes" of a job might be the key responsibilities.

Matched Categories

1. • Basis

How to pronounce meat and potatoes?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say meat and potatoes in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of meat and potatoes in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of meat and potatoes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of meat and potatoes in a Sentence

1. Chris Stout:

   Tiny houses are the sexy piece, but the meat and potatoes of what we do is connecting them to the services. ... We're a one-stop shop for all things veteran.

2. Chief Executive Elon Musk:

   Roadster is kind of like dessert, we gotta get the meat and potatoes and greens and stuff.

3. Bette Davis:

   To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to seat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.

4. Bette Davis:

   To fulfill a dream to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

5. Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962:

   To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given the chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy. As everyone else, I love to dunk my crust in it. But alone, it is not a diet designed to keep body and soul together.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=meat and potatoes
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Meat_and_Potatoes
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com