| However, the reliance on overlong interviews, dealing with the nitty-gritty of economic practices, really slows things down. |
| It's almost as if all the initial chat and wine is a warm-up to the nitty-gritty, the heart of the matter, which is sharing secrets. |
| Well, certainly it seems they are getting down to the nitty-gritty of some really serious fighting up in the hills behind me. |
| They serve a useful function, surely, do all the nitty-gritty dirty work, and make their clients rich in the process. |
| Eight years embroiled in the nitty-gritty of Glasgow City Council as a councillor for Pollok has taught him a lot, he says. |
| George, stay on that white horse and remember to leave the nitty-gritty to me. |
