He said our music came out like a ton of bricks, but we never intended that.
But it would hit my ex-girlfriend like a ton of bricks.
That's the way the good songs comethey just hit you like a ton of bricks.
It hit us like a ton of bricks.
The motorist who does not light up his car does not get very far before the police are down on him like a ton of bricks—and quite rightly so, too.
If the chap is helpful he will be prepared to do that and may find the whole panoply of law descending on him like a ton of bricks.
Where those rotten apples cause miscarriages of justice through tampering with evidence, the courts should fall on them like a ton of bricks, and long prison sentences should be imposed.
However, we should come down like a ton of bricks on those who offend persistently.