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brass neck
noun [ S or U ]
UK informal disapproving
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/ˌbrɑːs ˈnek/ us
/ˌbræs ˈnek/
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a type of behaviour where someone is extremely confident about their own actions but does not understand that their behaviour is unacceptable to others:
She's got a brass neck to ask for a day off when we're so busy.
What? We already give our whole paychecks to our landlords. How could we possibly give them more?
If landlords aren’t happy with the rent they receive, they need to get a real job and work their asses off every day all day long like everybody else does.
Yeah I gathered it was satire, but the mere thought of it made me jump straight to interpreting it as reality because I wouldn’t be surprised if some landlords do feel that way!
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