Meaning: admiralty brass

n.
alpha-beta brass containing tin; resistant to sea water; Admiralty Metal is a trademark

brass Idiom, Proverb

down to brass tacks

(See get down to brass tacks)

get down to brass tacks

begin the most important work or business Let's get down to brass tacks and begin talking about the new contract.

brass

1. money
2. a prostitute
3. cannabis

Brass Monkey

an alcoholic concoction available in liquor stores

brass monkey weather

very cold weather

brassed off

fed-up, annoyed:"I'm brassed off all this bad weather"

brassy

very cold; from the unusual phrase, "cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey"

get down to brass get down to cases

begin the most important work or business；get started on the most important thing to talk about or know 讨论实质问题；谈论正经事
The men talked about little things and then got down to brass tacks．这些人先谈了一些鸡毛蒜皮的小事，然后就言归正传了。
You have talked about everything under the sun；now you'd better get down to brass tacks．你们已经天南海北乱扯了许多，现在最好要谈正经的了。

get down to brass tacks down to cases

get down to brass tacks/get down to cases

double in brass

Idiom(s): double in brass

Theme: USEFULNESS

to serve two purposes; to be useful for two different things. (Refers to a musician who can play a trumpet or trombone, etc., in addition to some other instrument.)
• The English teacher also doubles in brass as the football coach.
• The drummer doubles in brass as a violinist.

Bold as brass

Someone who is as bold as brass is very confident and not worried about how other people will respond or about being caught.

Brass neck

(UK) Someone who has the brass neck to do something has no sense of shame about what they do.

Brass tacks

If you get down to brass tacks, you get down to the real business.

Pull the other one, it's got brass bells on

This idiom is way of telling somebody that you don't believe them. The word 'brass' is optional.

brass-monkey weather

very cold weather: "It's brass-monkey weather today. You'd better wrap up warm!"

brass hat|brass|hat

n., slang 1. A high officer in the army, navy, or air force. The brass hats In Washington often discuss important secrets. 2. Any person who has a high position in business, politics, or other work. Mr. Woods, the rich oil man, is a political brass hat.

get down to brass tacks|brass tacks|business|get|g

v. phr. To start being serious; begin to face a problem to be solved, or a task to be accomplished. Gentlemen, I'm afraid the party is over and we must get down to business.

brass hat

brass hat
A high-ranking official, as in All the brass bats were invited to the sales conference. The terms big brass, top brass, and the brass all refer to high officials considered as a group. For example, John's one of the top brass in town—he's superintendent of schools. The origin of this term is disputed. Most authorities believe it originated in the late 19th-century British army, when senior officers had gold leaves on their cap brims. Another theory is that it referred to the cocked hat worn by Napoleon and his officers, which they folded and carried under the arm when indoors. In French these were called chapeaux à bras (“hats in arms”), a term the British are supposed to have anglicized as brass. By World War I brass hat referred to a high-ranking officer in Britain and America, and in World War II it was joined by the other brass phrases. After the war these terms began to be used for the top executives in business and other organizations.

brass ring

brass ring
A chance to achieve wealth or success; a prize or reward. For example, “As a businessman he let the brass ring go by too many times. And it got him.” This quotation from the Boston Globe (July 31, 1995) refers to an executive who was forced to resign. The term comes from the practice of giving a free ride to the person who succeeded in picking a ring out of a box while riding a merry-go-round. [Slang; late 1800s]

top brass

top brass
see under brass hat.