| 单词 | to have the brass neck to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have the brass neck to 2. colloquial (chiefly British). The quality of having no reticence, shame, or humility; insensitivity to criticism or insults; audacity, effrontery; cheek, ‘nerve’. Frequently in to have the brass neck to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [noun] hardiessec1300 boldness1377 malapertness?a1439 over-boldnessc1450 insolencya1513 protervitya1527 impudency1529 sauce malapert1529 petulancy1537 procacitya1538 audacity1545 sauceliness1552 forehead1564 hardihead1579 hardihood1594 outfacing1598 audaciousness1599 impudentness1599 petulancea1600 impertinency1609 impertinence1612 impudencea1616 procacya1620 affrontedness1640 brow1642 front1653 insolence1668 affrontery1679 assurance1699 effrontery1715 affrontiveness1721 swagger1725 imperence1765 cheek1823 sassiness1834 cheekiness1838 pawk1855 gall1882 chutzpah1886 face1890 mouth1891 crust1900 rind1901 smarting1902 hide1916 brass neck1937 1937 Parl. Deb. N. Ireland 19 475/1 There are people with brass faces and brass necks and an utter lack of conscience who would pass anything. 1943 S. H. Bell Summer Loanen 66 You've a brass neck, talking to me, lettin' my sister down an' makin' a cod outa me. 1977 New Scientist 4 Aug. 310/1 In its ludicrous White Paper on the Presidency, HMG has the brass neck to claim that the British occupancy of the chair..‘achieved a large measure of unity’. 2006 D. Canter & G. Fairbairn Becoming Author ii. 17 Getting published involves having a bit of a brass neck—the brass neck to believe that you have something fresh and important to contribute to your academic discipline. < as lemmas |
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