The judge told the lawyer that the time had come to get down to the facts.
•Let's get down to the facts, Mrs. Brown. Where were you on the night of January 16?
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
get 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 … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
get 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 … Useful english dictionary
get down to brass tacks — ► get down to brass tacks informal start to consider the basic facts. Main Entry: ↑brass … English terms dictionary
(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 … Useful english dictionary
Get Back (песня The Beatles) — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Get Back. «Get Back» … Википедия
get 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? … New idioms dictionary
get down to brass tacks — informal start to consider the basic facts or practical details. → brass … English new terms dictionary
if 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 … Proverbs new dictionary
(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 … New idioms dictionary
the 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… … Useful english dictionary
The Towering Inferno — Infobox Film name = The Towering Inferno caption = Poster for the film with McQueen and Newman at the top, and the other stars at the bottom director = John Guillermin Irwin Allen (action sequences) producer = Irwin Allen writer = Novel Richard… … Wikipedia
