| 单词 | to come down to tin tacks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come (also get) down to tin tacks colloquial. to come (also get) down to tin tacks = to come (also get) down to brass tacks (or nails) at brass n. Phrases 2. (Found only in the work of G. B. Shaw.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > speak truly [verb (intransitive)] say-wellc1390 truth1604 now you're shouting1876 to come (also get) down to tin tacks1921 level1921 1921 G. B. Shaw Pen Portraits (1932) 183 Keats..had he lived, would no doubt have come down from Hyperions and Endymions to tin tacks as a very full-blooded modern revolutionist. 1927 G. B. Shaw in Sunday Express 7 Aug. 7/2 As long as you avoid coming down to tin tacks. 1949 G. B. Shaw Buoyant Billions (1950) iii. 45 Do let us get back to tin tacks. Is Clemmy going to marry him or is she not? < as lemmas |
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