| 单词 | to come down on like a thousand of brick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto come down on like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s) b. Originally U.S. like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s) and variants: with great force; very violently or severely. Often in to come down on like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s): to punish or reprimand (someone) severely. Now rare.In later use largely replaced by to come down on like a ton of bricks: see Phrases 3c. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > violently [phrase] of hardc1330 at (the) utterance1480 hip and thigh1560 with a vengeance1568 with a powderc1600 with a siserary1607 full fling1614 with the vengeance1693 like a thousand (also hundred) of brick(s)1836 1836 Hill's Yankee Story Teller's Own Bk. 32 Darn the Yankee tin pedlar..if I don't be into him with a thousand of brick! 1840 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 3rd Ser. iv. 50 If I don't pitch into Ben Parson's ribs like a tousand of bricks. 1841 Daily Picayune (New Orleans) 16 Mar. 2/2 They..rounded the first turn pretty much in a heap like a thousand of brick. 1886 R. Brown Spunyarn & Spindrift vii. 123 The people at the Admiralty will be down on you like a hundred of bricks. 1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways iii. ii. 226 I had the whole gang down on me instantly like a thousand of bricks. 1969 Agric. Hist. 43 19 Because of my debt to Fussell, I have no desire to fall upon him like ‘a hundred of bricks’. < as lemmas |
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