Rate this phrase:3.5 / 2 votes

nuts and bolts

The basic, inner workings of something; the fundamentals or basics; that which makes something operate, on a basic level.
623 Views
“

It's really not so hard, once you know the nuts and bolts of the editing process.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Translation

Find a translation for the nuts and bolts phrase in other languages:

šrouby a matice

Schrauben und Muttern

écrous et boulons

porcas e parafusos

گری دار میوے اور بولٹ

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to nuts and bolts

now and thennobody loves me, everybody hates me, i …On Pins and Needlesnull and voidoh, nuts!oil and wateron pins and needlesodds and sodson and offon and onodds and sodsodds and endsoff and onnickel and dime

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this nuts and bolts phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this nuts and bolts definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "nuts and bolts." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/nuts-and-bolts_5592>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    When you make a fresh start you're turning over a new _______.
    A leaf
    B plate
    C side
    D day

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ