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81hit someone like a ton of bricks — hit (someone) like a ton of bricks American, informal to surprise or shock someone very much. The truth hit him like a ton of bricks. The woman in the video was his own sister …
82hit like a ton of bricks — hit (someone) like a ton of bricks American, informal to surprise or shock someone very much. The truth hit him like a ton of bricks. The woman in the video was his own sister …
83like a cat on hot bricks — If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited …
84to be as thick as two bricks — Someone who is as thick as two bricks is really stupid …
85hit the bricks — AND hit the pavement 1. v. to start walking; to go into the streets. □ I have a long way to go. I’d better hit the bricks. □ Go on! Hit the pavement! Get going! 2. tv. to go out on strike. □ The workers hit the pavement on Friday and haven’t been …
86like a ton of bricks — mod. like something very ponderous and heavy. □ The whole thing hit me like a ton of bricks. □ Hitting the back end of that truck was like hitting a ton of bricks …
87three bricks shy of a load — mod. stupid; dense; shortchanged on intelligence. □ I would never say she was dense. Just three bricks shy of a load. □ Why do you act like you’re three bricks shy of a load? …
88make bricks without straw — 1. To try to do a piece of work without the materials necessary for it 2. To make something that will not last • • • Main Entry: ↑brick * * * make bricks without ˈstraw idiom (BrE) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information …
89come down on like a ton of bricks — {v. phr.}, {slang} To direct one s full anger at somebody. * /When the janitor was late for work, the manager came down on him like a ton of bricks./ …
90come down on like a ton of bricks — {v. phr.}, {slang} To direct one s full anger at somebody. * /When the janitor was late for work, the manager came down on him like a ton of bricks./ …