blocking and tackling

Meaning: (idiomatic,US)Basic tasks or skills in an undertaking or occupation.1999March 16, Saul Hansell, “THE MARKETS: Market Place -- Trading on E*Trade's Success; Chief Has Aggressive Plans to Expand Internet Broker”, inNew York Times:Some are caught up in the vision. Others are turned off and say he's a self-promoter who doesn't know anything about theblocking and tacklingof the brokerage business.2002November 16, Ron Martz, “U.S. soldiers train for urban warfare; 'A knife fight in a phone booth,' is what troops liken it to. U.S. forces are preparing.”, inAtlanta Journal Constitution:Cummings has been instrumental in the design of a computer simulation that he says will teach "the basicblocking and tacklingof urban warfare.2009December, anonymous author, “Letters to the Editor”, inAtlantic Monthly, volume304, number 5, page10:This is admittedly the bare basics of journalism, and one would hope it took more than simple journalisticblocking and tacklingto become our most trusted practitioner.

Examples:

EN: You know, blocking and tackling.
ES: Ya sabes, bloquear y placar.
EN: A sports team. Some of us are blocking and tackling. Some of us are running the ball some of us are throwing the ball.
ES: En un equipo deportivo algunos bloqueamos, unos defendemos, otros lanzan, otros llevan el balón, pero todos tenemos una meta común:
EN: If we're not committed to blocking and tackling, not committed to winning.
ES: No estamos comprometidos a bloquear y a atajar, tampoco a ganar.
EN: I can take care of knocking out the competitors, as well as all the execution stuff, the blocking and tackling you don't need to get bogged down with.
ES: Puedo encargarme de noquear a los competidores, así como a todas las cosas de ejecución, el bloqueo y el tackle con los que no necesitas estancarte.
EN: And we wonder why blocking and tackling has become a lost art.
HI: जो मुझे आश्चर्यचकित करता है कि क्यों सन टी कुछ खोई हुई कला बन गई है।
EN: "And then mission is simply the blocking and tackling.
HI: उसके बाद, केवल ब्लॉक करें और हमला करें।
EN: This is known as "blocking and tackling" in the industry.
TE: ఇది ఉద్యోగి దొంగతనం, మరియు అది పరిశ్రమలో "సంకోచం" అని పిలుస్తారు.
EN: And we're talking about basic blocking and tackling here, Chris.
TE: ట్రాష్ మాట్లాడటం మరియు venting ఇక్కడ ఎరుపు జెండా.
EN: Because it's blocking and tackling.
TE: ఎందుకంటే అవి సీల్ చేయడంలో, తొలగించడంలో పనిచేస్తాయి.
EN: Better blocking and tackling.
TE: ఇది నలుపు మరియు ఆకుపచ్చ నిర్బంధించడానికి ఉత్తమం.

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