nitty-gritty [ˈnɪtiˈɡrɪti]

例句:

• A hot and gritty wind blew through the streets.
  来自O. Manning
• Sunderland were gritty and well-organised but devoid of inspiration.
  来自BBC
• The distorted bass frequencies and gritty trebly loops do that.
  来自BBC
• Time ran out before we could get down to the real nitty-gritty .
  我们还没来得及探讨真正的细节，时间就过去了。
  
• Let's get down to the nitty - gritty . Who's going to pay for the renovations ？
  咱们来说点实际的吧, 谁来付维修费?
  
• The city's newspapers still attempt to get down to the nitty gritty of investigative journalism.
  该市报纸仍在试图厘清调查性新闻的实质。