hit (one) like a ton of bricks
hit (one) like a ton of bricks
To have a sudden and significant impact on one. The news that my cousin had died really hit me like a ton of bricks.
See also: brick, hit, like, of, ton
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- hit the bricks
- pavement
- hit it with (one)
- hit it with someone
- hit with (something)
- make a hit with (someone)
- hit off
- hit it off
- hit it off with
- hit it off, to