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91to the bricks — pp In fine clothes. She came down dressed to the bricks and all he could do is stutter. 1990s …
92come\ 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 …
93a few bricks short of a full load — not sensible or logical, not all there When Moe began eating bugs, we knew he was a few bricks short …
94come down on like a ton of bricks — reprove, punish harshly Whenever I make the slightest mistake, my boss comes down on me like a ton of bricks …
95hit the bricks — go to jail, be sentenced to a jail term, in the tank That was the last time he hit the bricks. He never went to jail again …
96like a ton of bricks — heavily, with much weight and force When the cable broke, the cargo came down like a ton of bricks …
97shitting bricks — [B] very frightened, scared to death When my parachute didn t open, I was shitting bricks! …
98ton of bricks — See like a ton of bricks …
99like a ton of bricks — strongly or forcefully The news of his retirement hit me like a ton of bricks …
100like a cat on a hot tin roof (Brit. also on hot bricks) — informal very agitated or anxious. → cat …
