get down to brass tacks

Don't guess, get down to brass tacks.

别乱估计，用铜钉量清楚了。

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。

Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.

安哥拉执政党预定在今天就有关该党执政记录的问题进行实质性讨论。

Let's get down to brass tacks and talk about my contract for next year.

我们直接进入重点,谈谈我明年的合约 吧.

This expression means to get to the bottom or most important part of something. For example, a salesman may talk and talk about his product without saying the price. You get down to brass tacks when you say, "it sounds good, but how much does it cost?"

Get down to brass tacks这个短语意思是触及某物的底部或最重要的部分，比如，一名销售员会大谈特谈产品就是不谈价格，你会开门见山地问，“听起来不错，价格如何呢？”

This means to get down to brass tacks, that it could hit Alaska.

这意味着须认真对待的基本事实:它可以打击阿拉斯加.

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!

They feel there is some risk in trying to get down to brass tacks.

他们感觉试图把实质问题搞清楚有些冒险.

Perhaps the best way to prevent getting ripped off in business is to not try to get rich quickly. To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

也许防止商业欺诈的最好办法是不要试图一夜暴富，要取得成功，商界人士必须努力工作、务实（get down to brass tacks）。

Never mind the side issues, let's get down to brass tacks and thrash out a basic agreement.

别管枝节问题, 让我们讨论问题的实质,以求得基本一致.

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. After the introductions we immediately got down to business and reached an agreement within an hour.

这件事可不能一带而过&我们来讨论实质问题吧。开场白以后我们马上讨论实质问题，一个小时内便达成了协议。

You get down to brass tacks when you say," it sounds good, but how much does it cost?"

“从铜钉底开始”的意思就是这时你开口问：“听着不错，但是它的价格是多少呢？”

To be successful, a person in business works hard and tries to get down to brass tacks.

一个人在业务上努力工作，触及实质的人才能取得成功。

We ll also get down to brass tacks, and actually study some real cryptographic packages, complete with code examples.

我们还将讨论实质问题，并实际研究一些真正的密码套装软体，包括程式范例。

I'm afraid I can give you only ten minutes'time. Let's get down to brass tacks at once.

我恐怕只能给你十分钟，我们马上就谈正经的事吧！

This is not something that can be skated over – let's get down to brass tacks.

这件事可不能一带而过—我们来讨论实质问题吧.

Get down to the brass tacks, and quit talking round the subject.

谈实质问题吧, 别兜圈子了.

There are others, however, who have no such desire. They feel there is some risk in trying to get down to brass tacks.

然而还有一类人没有这种意愿，他们认为直切主题存在一定风险。