"meat and potatoes" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more meat and potatoes [comparative], most meat and potatoes [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} meat and potatoes (comparative more meat and potatoes, superlative most meat and potatoes)
  1. (informal) Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript. Tags: informal Translations (typical, average): carne e patate (Italian), chleb powszedni (Polish), común y corriente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-meat_and_potatoes-en-adj-39MB03Jw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 24 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 65 14 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 14 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 9 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 76 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 24 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 80 8 12

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-|head=meat and potatoes}} meat and potatoes (uncountable)
  1. (US, informal) The essential part or parts of something. Tags: US, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-meat_and_potatoes-en-noun-FKp4vuoH Categories (other): American English, English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 19 61 20
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: meat-and-potato, meat-and-potatoes
    Sense id: en-meat_and_potatoes-en-noun-1HiUkcba

Alternative forms

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