"Let's get down to brass tacks and put quality education into place," Mr. Tayari said.

"Well, we might as well get down to brass tacks and have things thoroughly understood," he decided.

For an even more sobering look at the brass tacks of this business, read this complete example with actual numbers.

When you got down to the brass tacks of the human portion, you wished that speech had never been in-vented.

Now, boys and gals, we got to get down to brass tacks and get busier 'n a cat on a glass sidewalk.

And if I was going to make something of myself, I'd better get down to brass tacks and do something about it.

You can'tbutt in on a honeymoon couple without more or less coming down to brass tacks and giving your reasons.

Let's get down to brass tacks and stay there.

This can be done by means of this thematic strategy, but we should not wait any longer, get down to brass tacks and persevere.

The clubs were often embellished with brass tacks and the wood was carved with geometric or representational designs.