Translations for „brass tacks“ in the English » German Dictionary

brass ˈtacks N

brass tacks pl inf:

to get down to brass tacks

zur Sache kommen

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get down to brass tacks

zur Sache kommen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We're talking vampires, if you want to get down to brass tacks -- and some might say there's not much difference in the two.

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We have to get down to the brass tacks, which is really hammering this thing together into a viable organization.

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For them, it's time to get down to brass tacks -- like how to stretch a skimpy food budget as a single mom.

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So finally, we're getting down to brass tacks.

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They needle each other a bit more, but then it's down to brass tacks.

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That's a positive development, because now we're down to brass tacks.

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It was an emergency situation, and the brass tacks are that it was a question of prevention.

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Let's get down to brass tacks and go from worst to best...

teamrock.com

They have often disassociated from their own gender, having brass tacks bigger than the blokes they work with.

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Thumb tacks made of brass, tin or iron may be referred to as brass tacks, brass pins, tin tacks or iron tacks, respectively.

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