it's not the meat, it's the motion

English

Proverb

it's not the meat, it's the motion

1. Alternative form of it ain't the meat, it's the motion (size doesn't matter as much as technique)
   • 2003, Trey Ellis, Platitudes: & the New Black Aesthetic, →ISBN, page 103:

     Richard's hands are on her hips and he's poking once in a while but he isn't as big as she'd have thought but then again it's not the meat it's the motion that makes your baby want to rock...

2. (more generally) Alternative form of it ain't the meat, it's the motion (actions matter more than tools)
   • 2005, Jonathan Rosen, Joy Comes in the Morning: A Novel, →ISBN:

     There's a book of simple answers for that: The Codes. But you miss the context. It's not the meat, it's the motion. It's the way they reason.