get down to the facts
1get down to the nitty-gritty — in. to get own to the basic facts. (See also nitty gritty.) □ Stop messing around and get down to the nitty gritty. □ If we could only get down to the nitty gritty and stop wasting time …
2get down to brass tacks — informal phrase to start discussing the most important issue Thesaurus: to discuss somethingsynonym Main entry: brass * * * get down to brass tacks informal : to start to discuss or consider the most important details or facts about something …
3get down to brass tacks — ► get down to brass tacks informal start to consider the basic facts. Main Entry: ↑brass …
4(get down to) brass tacks — (get down to) brass ˈtacks idiom (informal) (to start to consider) the basic facts or practical details of sth Main entry: ↑brassidiom …
5Get Back (песня The Beatles) — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Get Back. «Get Back» …
6get down to brass tacks — to start talking about the basic facts of a situation. Let s get down to brass tacks who s going to pay for all of this? …
7get down to brass tacks — informal start to consider the basic facts or practical details. → brass …
8if you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen — 1952 Time 28 Apr. 19 President [Truman] gave a..down to earth reason for his retirement, quoting a favorite expression of his military jester, Major General Harry Vaughan: ‘If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen.’ 1970 Financial Times …
9(the) nitty-gritty — the most basic and important facts of something. We didn t actually get down to the nitty gritty (= start to talk about the most important facts) until half way through the meeting …
10the nitty-gritty — informal : the most important and basic facts or details about something He deals with the nitty gritty of running the department. We finally got down to the nitty gritty of the problem. Let s get down to the nitty gritty and find out what… …
