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heart of the matter
noun as in nitty-gritty
Example Sentences
Clark gets right to the heart of the matter from the jump, writing, “What do you call a scone crossed with a jam cake and a cinnamon roll?”
At the heart of the matter is a ticketing system that customers think is too confusing and feels like it is trying to catch them out.
Yet as a songwriter he scored a hit in 1989 with Henley’s MTV-approved “The Heart of the Matter,” which he penned with the Eagles star and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers.
At the heart of the matter is whether Tesla will prioritize making small, low-cost vehicles that can compete with the rising sea of Chinese challengers, or whether it will focus first on building cars for a moonshot self-driving taxi.
Stiell is “absolutely right” that timing and finance are the heart of the matter, said longtime climate analyst Alden Meyer of European think tank E3G.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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