bricks

Synonyms

adobe cube clinker boardwalk cinder block tiling bypath revet firebrick

Phrases with the word

like a ton of bricks like a cat on hot bricks come down on like a ton of bricks concrete bricks come down on someone like a ton of bricks a few bricks short of a load

Examples

I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble. Augustus

Prisons are built with stones of law; brothels with bricks of religion. William Blake

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves. Alan Kay

Bricks and mortar make a house, but the laughter of children make a home. Irish Proverb

You cannot make bricks without straw. French Proverb

When the tale of bricks is doubled, then comes Moses. German Proverb