Meaning of like a ton of bricks | Babel Free
Definitions
Very strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.
colloquial
Examples
“The Defendant then came down on me like a ton of bricks, as my eye will prove.”
“Senator Breaux: Did you see this coming on gradually, or did it hit you all of a sudden like a ton of bricks?”
““I still feel so bad about that. I fell for you like a ton of bricks when I first saw you onstage with the band.[…]"”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.