| 单词 | down to the nitty-gritty |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(to get) down to the nitty-gritty The most important aspects or practical details of a situation, subject, etc.; the harsh realities; the heart of the matter. Frequently in (to get) down to the nitty-gritty. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > basis or foundation > [noun] > fundamental or most detailed level hard tacks1892 grass root1901 nitty-gritty1940 micro level1956 1940 Pittsburgh Courier 29 June 10 Any convention goes lacking when that Joe Louis clenches his fists, put on the gloves, and steps into the ring in his pretty satin trunks and whips another guy down in the 'nitty-gritty'. 1952 A. Murray Let. in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 27 I say goddamn a motherfucking Haitian ritual. My kick is the local nitty gritty. 1956 A. Childress Like One of Family 83 You'll find nobody comes down to the nitty-gritty when it calls for namin' things for what they are. 1961 J. A. Williams Night Song ix. 114 This crap is gettin' down to the knitty-gritty here now, and there are two or three cats I wants to burn when the shit hits the fan. 1963 Wall St. Jrnl. 12 Sept. 14/1 Now we're down to the nitty-gritty, the hard core who've never been interested in politics. 1974 Financial Times 6 Mar. 36/2 Mr Wilson is expected to appoint a trade union MP or two as junior Ministers at the Department of Employment to make up for Mr Foot's lack of experience in the ‘nitty-gritty’ of trade union negotiations. 1986 Woman's Realm 10 May 8/2 They're getting down to the nitty gritty and improving things for old people all the time. 2002 Bath Chron. (Electronic ed.) 5 Jan. We still have to get into the nitty gritty of making the move a practical and achievable proposition. < as lemmas |
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