with no frills

with no frills

With no extraneous details or embellishments. Not fancy, decorous, or elaborate. Simple. My history teacher is not someone who gets impressed by a beautiful cover page, so I made sure that my project was straightforward and presented the information with no frills.
See also: frill, no
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • not for a second
  • not for a minute
  • not for a moment
  • aint
  • ain't
  • not for a instant
  • not for a/one minute/moment/second/instant
  • by no means
  • not by any means
  • (I) hope not
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'Over the last few years, major airlines reduced their economy class fares in order to compete with no frills airlines,' explained Bernard Harrop, Director of Industry Relations at AECT.
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Bernard Harrop, director of industry relations at American Express Corporate Travel, said: 'Over the last few years Europe's major airlines reduced their Economy Class fares in order to compete with no frills airlines.
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