| 单词 | to come down to brass tacks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails) P2. Colloquial phrase to come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails): to concern oneself with basic facts or realities. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > common sense > be sensible [phrase] on one's feetOE an old head on (also upon) young shoulders1591 to know enough to come in out of the rain1599 to have the (good) sense to (do something)1620 to have a (good, wise, etc.) head on (also upon) one's shoulders1659 to know enough to come (or go) in when it rains1797 to come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails)1897 1897 H. A. Jones Liars i. 23 Come down to brass tacks. What's going to be the end of this? 1903 N.Y. Sun 28 Nov. 3 This bold sister was the first..to get down to brass tacks in a discussion of the scandal. 1904 G. H. Lorimer Old Gorgon Graham 217 I cut it short there, and asked her to get down to brass tacks, as I was very busy. 1911 H. Quick Yellowstone Nights xi. 288 When you come down to brass nails. 1927 Daily Express 20 June 2 (advt.) Let's get down to Brass Tacks. 1932 T. S. Eliot Sweeney Agonistes 25 That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks: Birth, and copulation, and death. 1953 L. A. G. Strong Personal Remarks 10 When we put theories aside, and come down to brass tacks. < as lemmas |
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