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phrasal verbs - What's "brass tacks" got to do with "essential facts"? - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
![Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Brass Tacks, Counter Tacks, Furniture Tacks and Coffin Tacks - Nailing Down the Deathly Serious History and Etymology of "Getting Down to Brass Tacks" Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Brass Tacks, Counter Tacks, Furniture Tacks and Coffin Tacks - Nailing Down the Deathly Serious History and Etymology of "Getting Down to Brass Tacks"](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2zbidAnMR9E/VJx55qp2pMI/AAAAAAAABLE/haIceEK0Rbs/s1600/Come%2BON%2BDown%2BWid%2BDe%2BBrass%2BTacks.jpg)
Early Sports and Pop Culture History Blog: Brass Tacks, Counter Tacks, Furniture Tacks and Coffin Tacks - Nailing Down the Deathly Serious History and Etymology of "Getting Down to Brass Tacks"
![Adam Roberts on Twitter: "You know what bugs me? Eliot's famous line from "Sweeney Agonistes": "Birth, and copulation, and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks" "Brass tacks" Adam Roberts on Twitter: "You know what bugs me? Eliot's famous line from "Sweeney Agonistes": "Birth, and copulation, and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks" "Brass tacks"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6gsZB-WAAUiWZf.jpg)
Adam Roberts on Twitter: "You know what bugs me? Eliot's famous line from "Sweeney Agonistes": "Birth, and copulation, and death. That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks" "Brass tacks"
![TIL: The phrase get down to brass tacks (not brass tax) is an Americanism dating from the 19th century. In the idiom, brass tacks means (1) the essentials, or (2) the basic TIL: The phrase get down to brass tacks (not brass tax) is an Americanism dating from the 19th century. In the idiom, brass tacks means (1) the essentials, or (2) the basic](http://salestores.com/stores/images/images_747/TSX4601.jpg)
TIL: The phrase get down to brass tacks (not brass tax) is an Americanism dating from the 19th century. In the idiom, brass tacks means (1) the essentials, or (2) the basic
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