Building Site: brick, concrete, truck
Brick Idioms
Idiom | Explanation | Example |
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a brick short of a load | a stupid or slightly crazy person | Don’t listen to Molly she’s a brick short of a load. |
bricks and mortar | buildings, usually houses or a traditional shop or business (compared with an online shop or business) | Since Lina left for college the fields surrounding her house had all been covered by bricks and mortar. |
hit a brick wall | a problem or obstacle that cannot be overcome | I’m so tired, I’ve hit a brick wall. I can’t do anything more until I’ve slept. |
like a ton of bricks | crushing weight, force or authority | If we’re not home by dinner time my mum will come down on us like a ton of bricks. |
Other Idioms
Idiom | Explanation | Example |
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be set in concrete/ stone | fixed, unchangeable | Simon’s ideas were set in concrete. He was going to become a vegan and nobody could change his mind. |
concrete jungle | a city with lots of big, ugly, modern buildings | He knew it was crazy, but after three months of hiking in the wilderness Eric missed his concrete jungle of a city. |
keep on trucking | persist with something boring or ordinary | I don’t like this book at all but I’ll have to keep on trucking and read it all because we’re studying it in English this year. |