Idiom
built like a brick shithouse
Vulgar
Meaning
Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“That new bodyguard is built like a brick shithouse.”
“He spent years lifting heavy weights at the gym and is now built like a brick shithouse.”
“The athlete returned from his rigorous training camp built like a brick shithouse, ready to dominate the competition.”
Examples
simple
“That new bodyguard is built like a brick shithouse.”
contextual
“He spent years lifting heavy weights at the gym and is now built like a brick shithouse.”
complex
“The athlete returned from his rigorous training camp built like a brick shithouse, ready to dominate the competition.”
Origin
From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is unnecessarily overbuilt if one chooses to construct it with bricks.
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