What does 'nitty-gritty' stands for?
What does it mean?
Can you give an example of similar .. ehh .. phraseologisms?

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http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/nitty-gritty

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Nitty-gritty - "every little, last detail"

Once we had been friends for a while, I knew everything about her including the nitty-gritty.
Right enough messing about, let's get down to the nitty-gritty with English grammar!

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It means the basic or most important details of an issue or a situation: Time ran out before we could get down to the real nitty-gritty.

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