like a brick

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• built like a brick shithouse — 1. mod. pertaining to a very strong and well built person. (Usually refers to a male. Refers to the sturdiness of an outhouse [outdoor toilet] built of brick rather than the traditional wooden outhouse. Usually objectionable.) □ Chuck is built… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• be built like a brick shithouse — British & Australian, very informal! if someone is built like a brick shithouse, they are very strong and very big. I wasn t going to argue with him he was built like a brick shithouse …   New idioms dictionary

• built like a brick shithouse — [B] have a strong body, have a sturdy build    Tyronne plays football. He s built like a brick shithouse …   English idioms

• be built like a brick shithouse — british impolite phrase to be very big and strong Thesaurus: describing a person s muscles and general shapehyponym Main entry: built * * * I see shithouse …   Useful english dictionary

• like banging — ● brick …   Useful english dictionary

• brick — [brik] n. [ME brike < MDu < breken, BREAK (in sense “piece of baked clay”) & MFr brique < OFr, of same orig.] 1. a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc …   English World dictionary

• Brick Stitch — is a vertical or horizontal stitch, like a Goblin Stitch used in needlepoint. The staggered nature of the end points makes the pattern appear like a brick wall.External links* [http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfTheMonth/98 05.php American… …   Wikipedia

• brick cheese — ☆ brick cheese n. a ripened, semisoft American cheese shaped like a brick and containing many small holes …   English World dictionary

• brick — /brɪk / (say brik) noun 1. a block of clay, usually rectangular, hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc. 2. such blocks collectively. 3. the material. 4. any similar block, especially a small one of …  

• brick — [[t]brɪk[/t]] n. 1) bui a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln and used for building, paving, etc 2) bui such blocks collectively 3) bui the material of which such blocks are made 4) any block or bar having a similar… …   From formal English to slang

• brick-shaped — adjective shaped like a brick • Similar to: ↑cubic, ↑three dimensional * * * brickˈ shaped adjective Of the shape of a standard brick • • • Main Entry: ↑brick …   Useful english dictionary