brass neck

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brass neck

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From stick one's neck out.

noun brass necks

Ireland, UK, idiomatic Gall, shamelessness, cheek. This year's commemorations of the start of World War One are a stark reminder of the sacrifices politicians make with other people's lives – except nowadays they'll do so wearing a Help for Heroes t-shirt (almost entirely covering their brass necks). When it comes to the hypocritical lauding of the
Ireland, UK, idiomatic A person with gall. And it will need a strong hand to wield that knife, and it will need a steady nerve besides, because they have necks of brass, these aristocrats, I tell you: brass necks, all of them!

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@misc{brass_neck_2026,
  title = {brass neck},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brass%20neck},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}