HyperDic: meat_and_potatoes

English > 1 sense of the expression meat and potatoes:
NOUNcognitionmeat and potatoesthe fundamental part
English > meat and potatoes: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe fundamental part.
Example"successful negotiation is the meat and potatoes of arbitration"
Broaderbasis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstoneThe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated / calculated or explained
Spanishmeollo, parte fundamental

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