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bricks
brick1. [brık] n
<Í> 1. 1) кирпич; клинкер
2) pl детские кубики (тж. box of bricks)
2. брусок, брикет (мыла, чая, мороженого и т. п.)
3. разг. славный парень, молодчина, «молоток»
you behaved like a brick - ты вёл себя молодцом
4. промах, нарушение правил поведения
to drop a brick - разг. допустить бестактность, сделать промах, «ляпнуть»
5. амер. сл. пакет марихуаны ёмкостью 1 килограмм
♢ like a brick, like bricks - охотно; энергично
only a brick throw from - совсем рядом, в двух шагах
to have a brick in one's hat - амер. напиться, наклюкаться
like a cat on hot bricks - ≅ как на горячих угольях
to make bricks without straw - делать (что-л.) впустую, заниматься бесполезным делом
to hit the bricks - амер. сл. бастовать
like a ton of bricks - стремительно; ≅ как таран
his dreams never reached the stage of bricks and mortar - его мечты так и не осуществились
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2. [brık] a
<Í> кирпичный, клинкерный
brick lining - тех. футеровка
brick pavement - клинкерная мостовая
♢ to knock /to run/ one's head against a brick wall - лбом стену прошибать; лезть на рожон
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3. [brık] v
<Í> класть кирпичи; облицовывать; выкладывать кирпичом; мостить кирпичом
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be come down on somebody like a ton of bricks Идиома
a 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.
come 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."""
like a ton of bricks
strongly or forcefully The news of his retirement hit me like a ton of bricks.
shitting bricks
very frightened, scared to death When my parachute didn't open, I was shitting bricks!
ton of bricks
(See come down on like a ton of bricks)
bricks
the city streets
shit bricks
to be very scared
hit the bricks
Idiom(s): hit the bricks
Theme: 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 bricks
Theme: 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 mortar
Theme: 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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