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brass tacks[bra:s t'æks] n coll fatos essenciais. -
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plural noun* * *to get down to \brass tacks zur Sache kommen* * *brass tacks spl:* * *plural nounget or come down to brass tacks — (coll.) zur Sache kommen
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nplto get down to brass tacks — przechodzić (przejść perf) do rzeczy
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n pl infmlNow that we are talking brass tacks how much do you really want for this watch? — Давай поговорим серьезно. Сколько ты просишь за часы?
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1) Сленг: неопровержимые факты2) Образное выражение: важные, существенные детали, суть дела -
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Австралийский сленг: действительность, очевидные факты, реальность -
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Ix. 놋쇠못IIx. 녹 쇠 못, 요점, 실제 문제 -
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expr infmlAll this talk about concepts is getting us nowhere, let's come down to brass tacks — Весь этот разговор о высоких материях ни к чему не приведет. Займемся лучше практическими вопросами
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > come etc down to brass tacks
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разг.докапываться до сути (дела); вникать в подробности; перейти к делу, к фактам [первонач. амер.]‘He looks as if he had plenty of determination,’ he said, ‘but when you come down to brass tacks he has no backbone.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Rain’) — - Губернатор производит впечатление человека решительного, - сказал он, - но на поверку оказывается, что твердости в нем нет никакой.
Theoretically, a priori, on paper, it is the only thing to do. But when you come down to brass tacks the thing isn't so simple. (R. Aldington, ‘Very Heaven’, part II, ch. VII) — Априори, теоретически, на бумаге это единственное, что надо сделать, но если вникнуть в суть дела, то все оказывается не так просто.
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(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) komme til sagens kerne* * *(to deal with basic principles or matters: Let's stop arguing about nothing and get down to brass tacks.) komme til sagens kerne -
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paзг.дoкoпaтьcя дo cути дeлa; вникaть в пoдpoбнocти; пepeйти к дeлу, к фaктaм [пepвoнaч. aмep.]'He looks as if he had plenty of determination,' he said, 'but when you come down to brass tacks he has no backbone' (W. S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > come down to brass tacks
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > come down to brass tacks
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Brass tacks — is an object used in the popular expression get down to brass tacks .The expression usually means clearing out confusing details and finding out the real facts about something. The etymology of the expression is unclear. It may have roots in the… … Wikipedia
brass-tacks — (brăsʹtăks ) adj. Informal Concerned with essential matters; practical: a brass tacks leader. * * * … Universalium
brass tacks — If you get down to brass tacks, you get down to the real business … The small dictionary of idiomes
brass tacks — ☆ brass tacks n. Informal basic facts; practical details: chiefly in the phrase get (or come) down to brass tacks … English World dictionary
brass tacks — brass′ tacks′ n. pl. inf the most fundamental considerations; essentials; realities • Etymology: 1895–1900 … From formal English to slang
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brass tacks — n. essential business. (Usually in get down to brass tacks.) □ Now that we are talking brass tacks, how much do you really want for this watch? □ Since we haven’t gotten down to brass tacks, would it be unethical for me to buy you lunch? … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
brass tacks — /bras ˈtæks/ (say brahs taks) plural noun Colloquial basic facts; realities: *Come down to brass tacks, the world was like that but mercifully we had to have illusion to go on living –christina stead, 1944. {US (19th century); ? from the brass… …
brass tacks — noun plural : details of immediate practical importance this monograph has little to reward the tough minded reader, in the habit of searching for brass tacks Stanley Newman usually used in the phrase get down to brass tacks … Useful english dictionary
brass tacks — See: GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS … Dictionary of American idioms
brass tacks — See: GET DOWN TO BRASS TACKS … Dictionary of American idioms