make out like a bandit

and the like

And other similar items; et cetera.

be like

To say.

built like a brick outhouse

Synonym of built like a brick shithouse.

built like a brick shipyard

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.

cannot make it

Cannot reach satisfactory or expected standards or do something competently; describes someone in a hopeless situation.

do someone like that

to treat someone in a negative manner

doctors make the worst patients

It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.