meat and potatoes

n. 最基本的部分

例句与用法：

The meat will rot if it isn't kept cool.

肉如果不冷藏就会腐败。

The cheap buyer takes bad meat.

[谚]便宜无好货。

She gave some of the meat to the cat.

她把一些肉给猫吃了。

The meat will scorch if you don't lower the gas.

如果你不把煤气调小一点，肉就要焦了。

There's not much meat on that bone.

那块骨头上没多少肉。

It's a clever speech, but there was no real meat in it.

这演说很动听，可是没什么内容。

详细释义：

ph.

【口】最基本的部分; 最重要的部分