The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks.
A busy doctor wants his patients to get down to brass tacks.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
get down to brass tacks — also[get down to cases] {v. phr.}, {informal} To begin the most important work or business; get started on the most important things to talk about or know. * /The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks./ * /A busy doctor… … Dictionary of American idioms
get down to brass tacks — also[get down to cases] {v. phr.}, {informal} To begin the most important work or business; get started on the most important things to talk about or know. * /The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks./ * /A busy doctor… … Dictionary of American idioms
get down to brass tacks — informal phrase to start discussing the most important issue Thesaurus: to discuss somethingsynonym Main entry: brass * * * get down to brass tacks informal : to start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something … Useful english dictionary
get down to brass tacks — ► get down to brass tacks informal start to consider the basic facts. Main Entry: ↑brass … English terms dictionary
(get down to) brass tacks — (get down to) brass ˈtacks idiom (informal) (to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of sth Main entry: ↑brassidiom … Useful english dictionary
get down to brass tacks — When people get down to brass tacks, they start to discuss the essential aspects of a problem or situation. The situation was so serious that after a few polite exchanges they quickly got down to brass tacks … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
get down to brass tacks — become serious about it, knuckle down As soon as I m feeling better I ll get down to brass tacks … English idioms
get down to brass tacks — begin discussing the essential matters immediately Let s get down to brass tacks and begin to deal with the business at hand … Idioms and examples
get down to brass tacks — to start talking about the basic facts of a situation. Let s get down to brass tacks who s going to pay for all of this? … New idioms dictionary
get down to brass tacks — informal start to consider the basic facts or practical details. → brass … English new terms dictionary
