Смысл: brass-works

brass-works[ʹbrɑ:swɜ:ks]
n
<Í> медеплавильный завод

works Идиома

in the works

in the plans, to be built I've heard there's a housing project in the works.

it works

it is right, it looks nice, it is a good style If you place the vase over there and the statue here, it works.

shoot the works

spare no expense or effort They are planning to shoot the works when they plan the victory celebration for the Olympic medal winners.

the whole works

the whole building, all the equipment, everything The warehouse and stock - the whole works burned in the fire.

throw a monkey wrench into the works

wreck a project, monkey wrenching, piss in the pickles The report that coffee causes cancer threw a monkey wrench into our plans to import coffee.

turn on the waterworks

Idiom(s): turn on the waterworks

Theme: EMOTION

to begin to cry. (Slang.)
• Every time Billy got homesick, he turned on the waterworks.
• Sally hurt her knee and turned on the waterworks for about twenty minutes.

give sb the works

Idiom(s): give sb the works

Theme: ABUNDANCE

to give someone the full amount or the full treatment. (Slang.)
• The judge gave her the works for driving too fast.
• I want everything. Give me the works.

get the works

Idiom(s): get the works

Theme: ABUNDANCE

to receive a lot of something. (Slang. The works can be a lot of food, good treatment, bad treatment, etc.)
• BILL: Shall we order a snack or a big meal? JANE: I'm hungry. Let's get the works.
• But, Your Honor. I shouldn't get the works. I only drove too fast!

gum up the works

Idiom(s): gum something up AND gum up the works

Theme: RUIN

to make something inoperable; to ruin someone's plans. (Informal.)
• Please, Bill, be careful and don't gum up the works.
• Tom sure gummed it up.
• Tom sure gummed up the whole plan.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

When you work you avoid temptation.

Skunkworks

An unauthorised, or hidden program or activity, often research-oriented, and out of the bureaucratic chain of command is known as a 'skunkworks'.

Spanner in the works

(UK) If someone puts or throws a spanner in the works, they ruin a plan. In American English, 'wrench' is used instead of 'spanner'.

Wrench in the works

(USA) If someone puts or throws a wrench, or monkey wrench, in the works, they ruin a plan. In British English, 'spanner' is used instead of 'wrench'.

piss on someone's fireworks

(UK slang) ruin the happy mood: "Don't go and piss on his fireworks by turning down the music. Let him have some fun."

in the works|works

adv. or adj. phr. In preparation; being planned or worked on; in progress. John was told that the paving of his street was in the works. It was reported that the playwright had a new play in the works. The manager told the employees that a raise in wages was in the works.
Compare: UNDER WAY.

shoot the works|shoot|works

v. phr., slang 1. To spare no expense or effort; get or give everything. Billy shot the works when he bought his bicycle; he got a bell, a light, a basket, and chrome trimmings on it, too. The Greens shot the works on their daughter's wedding reception. 2. To go the limit; take a risk. The motor of Tom's boat was dangerously hot, but he decided to shoot the works and try to win the race.

the works|works

n. plural, slang 1. Everything that can be had or that you have; everything of this kind, all that goes with it. When the tramp found $100, he went into a fine restaurant and ordered the works with a steak dinner. 1b. See: SHOOT THE WORKS. 2. Rough handling or treatment; a bad beating or scolding; killing; murder.

Usually used with "get" or "give". The boy said that Joe was going to get the works if he ever came back to that neighborhood again. The newspaper gave the police department the works when they let the burglars get away. The gangster told his friend he would give him the works if he double-crossed him.
Compare: THE BUSINESS.

give the works

give the works
see the works.

good works

good works
Acts of charity, kindness, or good will, as in She spent much of her life in doing good works, especially for the homeless. This expression, also put as good work, originally had the theological meaning of an act of piety. Today it is used in a more general context. [c. A.D. 1000]

the works

the works
1) Everything, the full range of possibilities, as in He ordered a pizza with the works, or All right, tell me, give me the works on it. This usage derives from works in the sense of “a complete set of parts for a machine or mechanism.” [Colloquial; late 1800s]
2) A beating or other severe treatment. This usage is often put as give someone the works, as in They took him outside and gave him the works. [Slang; first half of 1900s]