get down to brass tacks
Meaning: To get serious or practical about something.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: To get down to business means to get serious and start. To get down to the nitty gritty means to get to the basic issue or problem.
More idioms — Daily Life
- get off scot-free — To escape the proper or expected punishment; to be acquitted of a crime.
- get one's act together — To get control of oneself mentally or physically; to get organized.
- get someone's dander up — To irritate or anger moderately.
- get the go-ahead — To receive or grant permission to proceed.
- get the message — To understand something that is only hinted at, perhaps because it is unpleasant.
- get this show on the road — To get started.
More English idioms
- get to the bottom of something — To understand something completely by sorting through all the facts or information.
- get to the point — To speak or write concisely and directly.
- get-up-and-go — Physical energy.
- get up on the wrong side of the bed — To be in a bad mood from the beginning of the day.
- get someone or something short shrift — To make quick work of something or to give little time to someone.
- get someone the go-ahead — To get or give permission to proceed.
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