英语短语词组词汇the meat and potatoes的音标、释义、翻译、用法及例句-英语短语词组词典-福建条码网

短语	the meat and potatoes
释义	the meat and potatoes AmE informalthe most important or basic parts of a discussion, decision, piece of work etc〔讨论、决定、工作等中〕最重要（最基本）的部分:•Let's get down to the meat and potatoes. How much are you going to pay me for this?我们来谈最关键的问题: 你打算为此付我多少钱？
随便看	you can/can't talk you can/could do worse than do sth you can lead/take a horse to water, but you can't make it drink you can lead（或take） a horse to water but you can't make him drink you can never tell you cannot/could not but… You cannot make an omelet without breaking eggs. You cannot touch pitch without being defiled. you can say that again you can say that again! you can't be too careful you can't compare apples and oranges you can tell him from me you can't get a quart into a pint pot you can't get away from sth you can't go wrong (with sth) you can't have it both ways you can't have your cake and eat it （too） you can't hear yourself think you can't judge a book by its cover you can't keep a good man down you can't keep a good man （或woman） down you can't lose you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

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