be down on (one) like a ton of bricks

slang To punish someone swiftly and harshly. Mom will be down on you like a ton of bricks if you come home past curfew again. When I was caught cheating on a test, the principal was down on me like a ton of bricks.

See also: brick, down, like, of, on, ton

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Adah	AY-də (English)	Biblical
AbdÜLhamİT	-	Turkish
Carmichael	[ka:'maikl]
Anne (1)	AHN (French), AN (English), AN-ne (Danish), AHN-ne (Finnish), AH-nə (German), AHN-nə (Dutch)	French, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, German, Dutch, Basque
Swanhilde	-	German
Dennis	['denis]