meat and potatoes
Example Sentences
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"She got the diet just right for Middle England - meat and potatoes, all the greens in the right place. And sponge pudding to follow. It's comfortable and regular. Sometimes you'll even enjoy it."
From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025
How is writing for “Matlock,” a meat and potatoes procedural, the same or different as writing for “Jane the Virgin,” which leaned on magical surrealism?
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024
Pairing it with a simple side of partially mashed chickpeas will satisfy that meat and potatoes guy in your life for Father’s Day.
From Washington Times • Jun. 14, 2023
In 2020, Taste of Home published a list of "39 recipes husbands can't get enough of," including some real "meat and potatoes" fare like beef chimichangas and burgers with grilled cheese sandwiches as buns.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2023
“But I get hungry for meat and potatoes later.”
From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
