bare necessities

bare necessities

That which is absolutely essential, with nothing superfluous, extravagant, or unnecessary. All I'm looking for in a mobile phone is the bare necessities: the ability to make phone calls. They weren't kidding when they said the apartment only had the bare necessities: just a bed, a bathroom, and a stove!
See also: bare, necessity
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

bare necessities

Just sufficient resources, with nothing to spare. For example, The room was furnished with just the bare necessities-bed, table, chair. This idiom uses bare in the sense of "mere, and nothing else," a usage dating from about 1200.
See also: bare, necessity
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • necessity
  • obvious
  • Captain Obvious
  • from the Department of the Bleeding Obvious
  • prune (something) of (something else)
  • prune of
  • de trop
  • hang a BA
  • hang a BA (at someone)
  • hang a BA at someone
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