heart of the matter

Idioms and Phrases

see crux of the matter .

Example Sentences

Clark gets right to the heart of the matter from the jump, writing, “What do you call a scone crossed with a jam cake and a cinnamon roll?”

From Slate

At the heart of the matter is a ticketing system that customers think is too confusing and feels like it is trying to catch them out.

From BBC

Yet as a songwriter he scored a hit in 1989 with Henley’s MTV-approved “The Heart of the Matter,” which he penned with the Eagles star and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty’s Heartbreakers.

From Los Angeles Times

At the heart of the matter is whether Tesla will prioritize making small, low-cost vehicles that can compete with the rising sea of Chinese challengers, or whether it will focus first on building cars for a moonshot self-driving taxi.

From Seattle Times

Stiell is “absolutely right” that timing and finance are the heart of the matter, said longtime climate analyst Alden Meyer of European think tank E3G.

From Seattle Times