hit (one) like a brick wall
hit (one) like a brick wall
To have a significant negative emotional effect on one. I hadn't talked to Bill in years, but man has his death hit me like a brick wall. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that someone I grew up with just isn't here anymore. Sally is usually pretty stoic, but news of the company's closure seems to have hit even her like a brick wall.
See also: brick, hit, like, wall
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hit (one) like a ton of bricks
- brick up
- wrap it before you tap it
- brick in
- hit a brick wall
- be shitting a brick
- regular brick
- wrap something up
- wrapped up
- wash a brick