Translations for „meat-and-potatoes“ in the English » German Dictionary

meat-and-po·ˈta·toes ADJ inv Am fig inf

meat-and-potatoes

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meat and po·ˈta·toes N Am fig inf

meat and potatoes

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the meat and potatoes of this publisher is still printed books

sein Hauptgeschäft macht dieser Verlag noch immer mit Printbüchern

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the meat and potatoes of this publisher is still printed books

sein Hauptgeschäft macht dieser Verlag noch immer mit Printbüchern

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English

If they're a meat-and-potatoes person, eating healthy may be reducing the amount of meat that they're consuming.

www.latimes.com

Getting the actual meat-and-potatoes idea behind a song down.

toromagazine.com

After we threw our bags into our rooms, we met in a small canteen serving meat-and-potatoes dishes, with few fruits and vegetables in sight.

news.nationalpost.com

On the more meat-and-potatoes songs, he changes his style accordingly, letting his bandmates take center stage.

loudwire.com

We are a meat-and-potatoes team, and we make a lot of plays below the hash marks.

bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com

But at lunchtime, the menu always included a few meat-and-potatoes dishes, including chicken-fried steaks, for rough-and-tough wildcatters.

www.houstonpress.com

A capably done, contemporary, meat-and-potatoes heist yarn wrapped around a major romantic complication.

www.telegraph.co.uk

It's got ta be the whole meat-and-potatoes analogy.

consequenceofsound.net

This section is, for the most part, the meat-and-potatoes financial information of the hospital's charitable program.

www.beckershospitalreview.com

But the album's meat-and-potatoes consistency remains bracing throughout.

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