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passer aux choses sérieuses

French, verb/pa.se o ʃoz se.ʁjøz/

passer aux choses sérieuses is a French verb meaning “to get down to business, to get down to brass tacks, to get down to the nitty-gritty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does passer aux choses sérieuses mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    informalto get down to business, to get down to brass tacks, to get down to the nitty-gritty

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How do you pronounce passer aux choses sérieuses?

  • /pa.se o ʃoz se.ʁjøz/
  • /pɑ.se o ʃoz se.ʁjøz/
  • /pa.se.ʁ‿o ʃoz se.ʁjøz/

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.