I was too nervous to do it, but my sister went right up to him '(as) bold as brass' and asked for his autograph.
the orchestra's 'brass section' [=the group of musicians in an orchestra who play brass instruments]
We finally 'got down to brass tacks' and decided to work out a schedule for the project.
(..) Tell me, Sister, please, of the Rose Line. A rose line is any line that goes from the North to South Poles. Set into the streets of Paris, brass markers... ...mark the world's first prime meridian... ...which passed through this very church. It hides beneath the Rose. (..)2006 The Da Vinci Code