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hit like a ton of bricks

idiom

To have a sudden and significant emotional impact.


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  1. 01

    and the like

    And other similar items; et cetera.

  2. 02

    be like

    To say.

  3. 03

    built like a brick outhouse

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  4. 04

    built like a brick shipyard

    Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

  5. 05

    built like a brick shithouse

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

  6. 06

    do someone like that

    to treat someone in a negative manner

  7. 07

    don't let the door hit you on the way out

    Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.

  8. 08

    face like the back end of a bus

    A very ugly face.

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