گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'double in brass'

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1 general:: Serve in two capacities, as in In this company everyone is asked to double in brass occasionally. This expression was originally used in the traveling circus, where, for example, a clown was Also expected to play an instrument in the street parade. The original allusion, however, is to an instrumentalist who plays more than one instrument in an ensemble, a practice particularly common among players of brass instruments. [Late 1800s]

American Heritage Idioms

2 general:: Phrase(s): double in brass (as something) Fig. to serve in two capacities. (Alludes to a musician who could play the brass instruments as well as other instruments.) • Wally was our bookkeeper and doubled in brass as a clerk.

McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs

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