the nuts and bolts

Meaning

1. the nuts and bolts (of sth)

   the basic practical details of a subject or an activity

In the movies · 2

• Nuts and bolts!Jojo Rabbit2019
• Well, she's not back there with the nuts and bolts, but she's here, in this town somewhere.Psycho1960
• I mean, if you want to get down to the nuts and bolts of it,Blackfish2013
• "Hardware Honey Goes Nuts and Bolts. " How many times is she gonna do this?Runaway Bride1999
• The nuts had the bolts. The sticks had the stones.The French Dispatch2021

Learn it in full scenes

• Jojo Rabbit2019
  • Captain K Addresses the Jungvolk
  • Jojo Refuses to Kill the Rabbit
  • Rosie Pushes Jojo Out the Door

From the same entry

• do your nut
• a hard nut
• a hard nut
• off your nut
• use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
• nut out