the nuts and bolts



the nuts and bolts

the basic, practical details of a job or other activity (often + of ) Law school teaches wonderful theory but it doesn't teach the nuts and bolts of actually practising law.
See also: and, bolt, nuts

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Gennadiygye-NAH-dee, gee-NAH-deeRussian
SuryaSOOR-yah (Indonesian)Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Marathi, Nepali, Indonesian
Tolga-Turkish
AlexAL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
Lei (2)-Chinese
TiedeTEE-də (Dutch)Frisian, Dutch