brass balls
noun1
Slang Shamelessness, 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):
- 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):
- Derived terms
- brass ovaries
- Related terms
- brass-balled, brass neck