Meaning: bricks 
brɪk
n.
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy
be come down on somebody like a ton of bricks Idiom, Proverb
a few bricks short of a full load
come down on like a ton of bricks
like a ton of bricks
shitting bricks
ton of bricks
bricks
shit bricks
hit the bricks
Idiom(s): hit the bricksTheme: WALKING
to start walking; to go out into the streets. (Slang.)
• If you want to get a job, you had better get out there and hit the bricks.
• I got fired today. The boss came by and told me to hit the bricks.
hit like a ton of bricks
Idiom(s): hit (sb) like a ton of bricksTheme: SHOCK
to surprise, startle, or shock someone. (Informal.)
• Suddenly, the truth hit me like a ton of bricks.
• The sudden tax increase hit like a ton of bricks. Everyone became angry.
bricks and mortar
Idiom(s): bricks and mortarTheme: BUILDINGS
buildings; the expenditure of money on buildings rather than something else. (The buildings referred to can be constructed out of anything. Fixed order.)
• The new president of the college preferred to invest in new faculty members rather than bricks and mortar.
• Sometimes people are happy to donate millions of dollars for bricks and mortar, but they never think of the additional cost of annual maintenance.
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