meat and potatoes
See also: meat-and-potatoes
English
Adjective
meat and potatoes (comparative more meat and potatoes, superlative most meat and potatoes)
- (informal) Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.
- Rick is very experimental and open-minded about trying new things, but Ted is a meat and potatoes kind of guy.
Translations
typical, average
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Noun
meat and potatoes (uncountable)
- (US, informal) The essential part or parts of something.
- 15 September 2018, Barney Ronay, “Finely tuned Liverpool are really getting into Jürgen Klopp’s groove”, in The Guardian:
- The complete attacking secrets of Harry Kane would be a slim volume. His game at its best is beautifully simple: high-energy, highly effective meat and potatoes. He just looks very tired.
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- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see meat, and, potatoes.
Derived terms
- meat-and-potato, meat-and-potatoes