tack
意味
- (頭部の平たい)びょう
(風の向きと帆の位置で決まる)船の針路 - (帆の位置を変えて行う)針路変更
- 方針,やり方
- (裁縫の)しつけ,仮縫い
- …をびょうで留める《+down+名,+名+down》
- (…に)…を付け加える《+名+on(onto)+名》
- …を仮縫いする
- (風上に向けて)〈船〉の針路を変える;〈船〉をジグザグに進ませる
- (船の)針路を変える;ジグザグに進む
例文
Let's get down to brass tacks and talk business.
本題に入って仕事の話をしよう。
Let's get down to brass tacks and make a decision.
要点を絞って、決定を下しましょう。
I think it's about time we got down to brass tacks.
私はもう具体的な本題に入ってもいい頃だと思う。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English tak, takke (“hook; staple; nail”), from Old Northern French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), from Frankish *takkō (“twig, branch, shoot”), of unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, from the root *déHgʰ- (“to pinch; to tear, rip, fray”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), West Frisian takke (“branch”), tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”).