get down to brass tacks


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get down to brass tacks

To address the essential facts, or get down to serious business; from the brass tacks in the counter of a dry-goods store, where a piece of cloth would be laid when a price was being agreed.
Dictionary of Unfamiliar Words by Diagram Group Copyright © 2008 by Diagram Visual Information Limited
Translations
يعالج النقاط الرئيسيه في الموضوع
jít/dostat se k jádru věci
komme til sagens kerne
tárgy: a tárgyra tér
ræîa kjarna málsins
ísť k veci
asıl konuya gelmeksadede gelmek

brass

(braːs) noun
1. an alloy of copper and zinc. This plate is made of brass; (also adjective) a brass door-knocker.
2. wind musical instruments which are made of brass or other metal.
ˈbrassy adjective
brass band
a band of players of (mainly) brass wind instruments.
brass neck
shameless cheek or impudence. After breaking off the engagement she had the brass neck to keep the ring.
get down to brass tacks
to deal with basic principles or matters. Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.
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When you get down to brass tacks, living in the city destroys habitat, sending more animals to an area too small to support the animals, thus, some animals die.