The magnitude of this hit each one of us — staff, volunteers and supporters — like ton of bricks. (petsalive.com)
But throw billions of tons of bricks in and float thousands of ships and boats of all sizes on then we have Oceans rising, melting ice: add a large block of ice in your bucket then fill the bucket to the top, the ice floats above & below the water, as the ice melts will the water overflow? (skepticalscience.com)
After reading half a chapter of the book, the message hit me in the face like a ton of bricks. (entrepreneur.com)