the nitty-gritty

the most basic and important facts of something We didn't actually get down to the nitty-gritty (= start to talk about the most important facts) until half way through the meeting.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ayaka	ah-yah-kah	Japanese
Lemoine	le-MOIN	English (Rare)
CesÁRia	-	Portuguese
Ellanher	-	Ancient Germanic
Vuk	VOOK	Serbian
OttÓ	-	Hungarian, Icelandic