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Meaning of like a ton of bricks | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

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.
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See also

like a train like a wet weekend like all possessed like an explosion in a paint factory like anything like atomic clockwork

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