中文翻译与英英解释

1.黄铜平头钉。
2.〔俚语〕具体事实，主要事实，要点；当务之急 (get down to brass tacks 谈实质性问题；谈重要问题)。

brass:    n. 1.黄铜。 2.〔主 pl.〕黄铜制品；铜管乐器； ...

tack:    n. 1.【航海】食物。 2.劣质材料；赝品；华丽而不值 ...

In colloquial English, brass tacks (often "get down to brass tacks")

例句与用法

Let's get down to brass tacks .
让我们言归正传吧。

This is not something that can be skated over-let's get down to brass tacks .
这件事可不能含糊过去--让我们讨论其中的要害问题吧！

"he looks as if he had plenty of determination," he said, "but when you come down to brass tacks he has no backbone. "
“他看起来很果断，”他说，“可是一落实到具体问题，他就没有魄力了。”

It was like him to come down to brass tacks
他就是这个脾气，说话单刀直入。

Jack . let ' s cut the crap and get down to brass tacks
杰克,我们废话少说。我们开诚布公吧。

Get down to the brass tacks and quit talking round the subject
谈实质问题吧,别兜圈子了。

A busy doctor wants ms patients to get down to brass tacks
忙碌的医生希望病人能直接说出病情。

" brass tacks and smash attacks
网站，以轻松地查看随机数生成。

The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks
那些人先谈论一些小事，然后就转入正题。

Xcbl : just the brass tacks
Xcbl ：只是实质问题