brass neck

noun

1. informal,  effrontery; nerve

Example Sentences

In Broad's defence, his brass neck looked worse because of Haddin's inability to hang ont o the edge, but that did not stop Australia coach Darren Lehmann labelling him a "blatant cheat" whom he hoped "cries and goes home" in the return series down under six months later.

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A Labour Party source said Mrs Badenoch had a "brass neck" for offering such advice, after the Conservative government had "crashed the economy".

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In response to Badenoch's comments, the Labour Party source said: "Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives crashed the economy and sent mortgages spiralling. The brass neck Kemi has to think she can offer advice on the economy now is astonishing. The Tories haven't listened and they haven't learned."

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Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Greene accused the SNP of having a "brass neck", saying the government was ultimately to blame for the problems, rather than CalMac.

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Scottish Conservative MSP Jamie Greene accused of the SNP of having a "brass neck" for blaming CalMac for problems it had created through years of underinvestment.

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