Let’s get to the meat and potatoes!
It’s potato time! I love idioms, and today, I’m going to show you 4 potato idioms in American English. I hope you enjoy it!
Here are the example sentences:
Couch
potato:
·
My friend Jack is such a couch
potato. He even watches dinner in front of the TV.
·
Are you a couch potato?
Hot potatoes:
·
For Jane, the topic of her
ex-boyfriend is a hot potato.
·
Not getting the contract
signed is a hot potato.
Small
potatoes:
·
Jack thinks the contract with
ABC company is just small potatoes.
·
A lot of big banks won’t give
alone to a small business owner because they think the deal with the small
business owner is just small potatoes.
Meat and
potatoes:
·
In a business meeting the most
important part of the meeting or the main topic would be the meat and potatoes.
·
Well, now that we’ve gotten
through the introductions let’s get to the meat and potatoes.