Смысл: 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

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

3. [brık] v
<Í> класть кирпичи; облицовывать; выкладывать кирпичом; мостить кирпичом

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.

Don't throw bricks when you live in a glass house

Don't call others out on actions that you, yourself do. Don't be a hypocrite.

Like a cat on hot bricks

If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited.

To be as thick as two bricks

Someone who is as thick as two bricks is really stupid.

come down on like a ton of bricks|brick|bricks|com

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.

make bricks without straw|bricks|make|straw

v. phr. To make something without the wherewithal; do something the hard way; do a job under hard conditions. John could not go to a library, and writing the report was a job of making bricks without straw. It was making bricks without straw to put on plays in that old barn.

bricks shy of a load

bricks shy of a load
Mentally impaired, either unintelligent or merely eccentric. For example, He may be handsome but he's not too bright—a few bricks shy of a load. This term, transferring a light load to lightweight mental capacity, is usually preceded by either a few or a specific number such as two. [Slang; 1960s]

few bricks shy of a load

few bricks shy of a load
see bricks shy of a load.

make bricks without straw

make bricks without straw
Perform a task without essential materials or means, as in Writing a report without the current data is making bricks without straw. This expression alludes to straw as a material necessary in early brick manufacturing. [Early 1600s]