bold as brass
Very bold; very forward or impudentVery bold; very forward or impudent.
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Meaning
1 sensesVery bold; very forward or impudent.
Examples
1 sentencesBold as brass.
Origin
Popularly supposed to have originated in reference to Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London iPopularly supposed to have originated in reference to Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor of London in the 1770s, who was bold enough to defy the British parliament. However, this origin theory is dismissed by some as bogus.
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