like a thousand (or ton) of bricks
- like a thousand (or ton) of bricks
paзг.
c oгpoмнoй cилoй, нeиcтoвo [пepвoнaч. aмep.]
When I expressed my disapproval of her she came down on me like a thousand of bricks (W. S. Maugham). Before he could turn around to learn what her eyes had seen, he felt a fist like a ton of bricks strike his jaw (L. Hughes). In fact, I want this town clean of heroin and every other drug before we have Scotland Yard descending on us like a ton of bricks and proving we're nothing but a bunch of country hicks (Th. Sharpe)
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