like a ton of bricks — Heavily and promptly • • • Main Entry: ↑brick * * * I informal with crushing weight, force, or authority all her years of marriage suddenly fell on her like a ton of bricks II see brick * * * like a … Useful english dictionary
like a cat on hot bricks — ● cat * * * like a ˌcat on hot ˈbricks f9 idiom (BrE) very nervous • She was like a cat on hot bricks before her driving test. Main entry: ↑cat … Useful english dictionary
like a cat on hot bricks — If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited … The small dictionary of idiomes
like a cat on a hot tin roof (Brit. also on hot bricks) — informal very agitated or anxious. → cat … English new terms dictionary
like a cat on hot bricks — ► like a cat on a hot tin roof (Brit. also on hot bricks) informal very agitated or anxious. Main Entry: ↑cat … English terms dictionary
like a ton of bricks — ► like a ton of bricks informal with crushing weight, force, or authority. Main Entry: ↑brick … English terms dictionary
like a cat on a hot tin roof — ► like a cat on a hot tin roof (Brit. also on hot bricks) informal very agitated or anxious. Main Entry: ↑cat … English terms dictionary
BRICKS (software) — Infobox Software name = Building Resources for Integrated Cultural Knowledge Services (BRICKS) developer = BRICKS consortium latest release version = 0.42 latest release date = 2007 03 01 latest preview version = latest preview date = operating… … Wikipedia
Bricks and clicks — This delivery truck illustrates how some traditional supermarkets are now pursuing a bricks and clicks strategy. Bricks and clicks (aka clicks and bricks, click and mortar, or bricks, clicks and flips) is a business model by which a company… … Wikipedia
like a cat on hot bricks — If someone is like a cat on hot bricks, they are very nervous or excited. (Dorking School Dictionary) *** A person who is like a cat on hot bricks is very nervous or restless. The week before the results were published, she was… … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
like a ton of bricks — mod. like something very ponderous and heavy. □ The whole thing hit me like a ton of bricks. □ Hitting the back end of that truck was like hitting a ton of bricks … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
