bold as brass

Idioms  

1. Shameless, audacious, impudent. For example, No one had invited her to the wedding, but she showed up at the church, bold as brass. This alliterative simile plays on brass meaning “shamelessness.” [c. 1700]

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Example Sentences

“As long as I remember,” he says, looking directly at the camera, bold as brass, “I wanted to be someone else. Someone who was acceptable.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Celebrities walk around major cities as bold as brass.

From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2015

Far from being scared, these artists are bold as brass.

From The Guardian • Jul. 16, 2014

Yonder they came, eight men of England's navy and that same young duke that married the king's daughter, strolling bold as brass into free Eire.

From Time Magazine Archive

And making his way over with him, bold as brass, was Cook.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook