"Brass tacks" vs. "Some brass tacks": What's the difference?
It's from "Let's get down to brass tacks", which means "Let's go to what matters" etc., but sometimes I hear someone saying "SOME brass tacks".
What difference does "some" make? Or it just spins out the expression?
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homembom "Let's get down to brass tacks", That is a good idiom. homembom "SOME brass tacks". That destroys the idiom.
- homembom "Let's get down to brass tacks", That is a good idiom.
- homembom "SOME brass tacks".
- That destroys the idiom.
- Idioms are very specific sequences of words.
- If you change anything, the idiom disintegrates.
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homembom"Let's get down to brass tacks",
That is a good idiom.
homembom"SOME brass tacks".
That destroys the idiom.
Idioms are very specific sequences of words. If you change anything, the idiom disintegrates.
0homembomsometimes I hear someone saying "SOME brass tacks".
In the expression "Let's get down to some brass tacks"? I'm not familiar with this, but it's not grammatically wrong, if that's what you're asking.
Or independently, as in "Here are some brass tacks about the subject"? That would mean "Here are some plain truths about ...". It's used occas
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