Meanings
nounbrass balls pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyslangShamelessness, cheek, brazenness.
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.
1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi)1 more example
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.
1992, David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross, spoken by Blake (Alec Baldwin)
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