brass balls pl (plural only)
- (slang) Shamelessness, cheek, brazenness.
1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi):You've got a lot of brass balls, you know that. I do all the work, you take all the credit. You know what your problem is? Your face.
1992, David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross, spoken by Blake (Alec Baldwin):Gentlemen, do you know what it takes to sell real estate? (Picks up a physical pair of brass balls and holds them at groin height.) It takes brass balls to sell real estate.
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