Brass tacks were used around the bottom part of the chair.

黄铜钉用于椅子底部周围部分。

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。

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。

And this getting down to brass tacks ended a long friendship.

而这种直切正题的观点也让这段长久的友谊画上了一个句号。

The brass tacks, showed that the chair was built to be strong.

黄铜钉表明椅子造得很坚固。

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。

Brass tacks along his work table helped him measure the exact amount.

其实沿着店主的工作台就能帮他量出精确的尺寸。

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！

After the usual greetings and some remarks about the weather, the men got down to brass tacks.

在一般的问候以及几句关于天气的话后，那些人就开始办正事了。

I do not come here to listen to your silly jokes. Let's get down to brass tacks and decide on a schedule for our work.

我不是来听你这些无聊的笑话的，让我们言归正传，订一个工作日程！

And the storekeeper cut off as much as a woman wanted. Brass tacks along his work table helped him measure the exact amount.

店老板剪下女人们想要的布料长度。沿着工作台上的一溜铜钉可以帮助店主测量布料的准确长度。

We have talked about replacing this machine for a long time, but we must now get down to brass tacks and decide what type to buy.

不过我们现在必须讨论实质问题，决定购置哪种类型的机器。

It not only shows that you have a quality that's very valuable to the company, but it also gets down to brass tacks when it comes to company culture.

它不仅显示出你对于公司的价值，更讨论了有关公司文化的实质性问题。

So, if we get down to brass tacks, we can prevent ripoffs and bogus ways of earning money in that jungle out there. And, some good luck will help, too.

所以，务实的话，我们就能在这片丛林里避免各种欺诈和骗钱手段，当然也要有好运气。

Here is where we come down to the proverbial brass tacks. Whose strongest team would triumph more times than the others in an eternal semi-final/final knock-out competition?

那么让我们来做个设想：假如进行多场半决赛/决赛淘汰制的比赛，那支球队会依靠他们最强的阵容夺得最多的锦标？