built like a brick shipyard

and the like

And other similar items; et cetera.

bang one's head against a brick wall

To waste effort on a futile project.

be like

To say.

brick in

To enclose with bricks.

brick in one's hat

Drunkenness.

built different

Able to do things which others cannot; extremely talented or unusual.

built like a brick outhouse

Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

built like a brick shithouse

Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.