1. nuts and bolts - Noun
2. nuts and bolts - Phrase
detailed practical information about how something works or how something can be accomplished
Source: WordNetnuts-and-bolts
Progress ... has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools. Karl Kraus
I am a Christian, not because someone explained the nuts and bolts of Christianity, but because there were people willing to be nuts and bolts. Rich Mullins
The F.B.I. is about nuts and bolts. It's all about witnesses and procedure and walking the streets. Aaron Eckhart
I want to get down to the nuts and bolts of what is actually going to change to lift New Zealand's economic performance. David Cunliffe
I built a steel plant from the grassroots, so I learned all the nuts and bolts. When there was a problem, I would be able to guide them, though I am not a technical person. Lakshmi Mittal
I'm tired of high policy talks. I want to focus on nuts and bolts. Dave Freudenthal