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thick as a brickstupid; slow to learn or understand.Rate it:

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brick by brickTo create or build something in a steady, step-by-step fashion.Rate it:

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lay it on thickTo guilt, guilt-trip.Rate it:

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the thick plottensThe plot thickens.Rate it:

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lay it on thickTo exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion.Rate it:

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come thick and fastTo appear repeatedly.Rate it:

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in the thick ofIn the middle of (something difficult).Rate it:

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in the thick of itIn a precarious situation.Rate it:

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lay it on thickTo flatter.Rate it:

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thick and thinBoth good and bad times.Rate it:

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thick as thievesIntimate, close-knit.Rate it:

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thick of thingsA central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.Rate it:

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thick skinUsed other than as an idiom: see thick, skin.Rate it:

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thick skinAbility to take criticism or harsh behavior without being easily offended.Rate it:

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brick houseA voluptuous woman with a large rotund buttocks and bust.Rate it:

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brick upTo block by masonry, particularly using bricks.Rate it:

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I could eat a brickSynonym of I could eat a horseRate it:

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one brick short of a full loadNot mentally sound; insane.Rate it:

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brick and mortarUsed other than as an idiom: see brick, and, mortar.Rate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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brick and mortarBuildings and property for the conduct of business, particularly in the sale of retail goods to the general public. (Used to contrast an Internet-based sales operation that lacks customer-oriented store fronts and a "traditional" one for which most capital investment might be in the building infrastructure.) [since the mid-1990s]Rate it:

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brick and mortarBuildings, especially domestic housing.Rate it:

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brick houseUsed other than as an idiom: A house or type of construction made of bricks or blockss of masonry.Rate it:

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brick into enclose with bricksRate it:

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brick in one's hatdrunkenness.Rate it:

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brick wallAn obstacle.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseOf a person, with an exceptionally well-developed chest.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseExceptionally well constructed; strong or tough.Rate it:

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drop a brickUsed other than as an idiom: see drop, brick.Rate it:

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drop a brickTo commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned.Rate it:

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drop a brickAlternative form of drop a bombshell.Rate it:

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have a brick in one's hatto be drunkRate it:

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Hit a Brick WallA hurdle and trouble which is impossible to tackle and overcomeRate it:

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like speaking to a brick walla saying used of the difficulty of talking to someone who is not listeningRate it:

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one brick short of a full loadStupid.Rate it:

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shit a brickTo react strongly or excessively, especially in anger or fear.Rate it:

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swim like a bricknot able to swimRate it:

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pachydermA member of the obsolete taxonomic group Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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solid as a rockExtremely thick and heavy, so as to make it impossible to move.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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péter un plombTo get angry, to shit a brickRate it:

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barrow manA man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.Rate it:

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ils s'entendent comme larrons en foireThey are as thick as thieves.Rate it:

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brickbatA piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.Rate it:

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bricks and mortarAlternative form of brick and mortar.Rate it:

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donkey jacketthick garmentRate it:

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I haven't the foggiestI don't know, I haven't a clue (as thoughts clouded by a thick fog).Rate it:

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pachydermSomeone with thick skin. It is used for animals such as an elephant or a hippopotamus.Rate it:

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PunchboardA book-size laminated paper 1'/2 inch thick board with 25 to 200 drilled holes in surface. Holes contain 'accordion-fold', numbered kite-paper which when 'punched-out of board' with small PUNCH-tool may reveal a 'winning-chance number': Winning Numbers posted on board. Variety of Valuable prizes is predetermined by cost of a single 'PUNCH': Win! Box Candy, jewelry, trinkets, appliances, tools, flashlights et al:Rate it:

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