- to the bricks
- pp In fine clothes. She came down dressed to the bricks and all he could do is stutter. 1990s
Historical dictionary of American slang . 2014.
to the bricks
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The Bricks — Студийный альбом Outsidaz Дата выпуска 22 мая 2001 Записан … Википедия
The Bricks (album) — Infobox Album Name = The Bricks Type = album Artist = Outsidaz Released = May 22, 2001 Recorded = 2000 2001 Genre = Hip Hop Length = Label = Rufflife Records Producer = Rockwilder, DJ Twinz, DJ Spunk, Hotrunner, Denaun Porter, Gov Mattic, Self… … Wikipedia
hit the bricks — verb a) To travel about, especially on foot. [T]housands of brewers, waiters and waitresses, bartenders, cooks, checkers, cashiers, dishwashers, hotel maids and bellmen, too, would be forced to hit the bricks in search of other work. b) To leave… … Wiktionary
hit the bricks — AND hit the pavement 1. v. to start walking; to go into the streets. □ I have a long way to go. I’d better hit the bricks. □ Go on! Hit the pavement! Get going! 2. tv. to go out on strike. □ The workers hit the pavement on Friday and haven’t been … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hit the bricks — go to jail, be sentenced to a jail term, in the tank That was the last time he hit the bricks. He never went to jail again … English idioms
Blood on the Bricks (song) — Infobox Single Name = Blood on the Bricks Artist = Aldo Nova from Album = Blood on the Bricks B side = Released = 1991 Format = 7 single Genre = Rock Length = Label = Jambco Writer = Producer = Last single = Monkey on Your Back (1983) This single … Wikipedia
Blood on the Bricks — Infobox Album Name = Blood on the Bricks Type = Album Artist = Aldo Nova Released = 1991 Genre = Rock Length = ??:?? Label = Jambco Producer = Aldo Nova, Jon Bon Jovi Certification = Last album = Twitch (1985) This album = Blood on the Bricks… … Wikipedia
hit the bricks — 1. American to go on strike From walking out on to the sidewalk in the days before employees drove to work. 2. American to escape or desert Again from the sidewalk. Hit the hump is a synonym for the hill over which the fugitive… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
hit the bricks — vb American a more fashionable version of the collo quial hit the road and later hit the street (to get going or appear in public). Originally the phrase specifically referred to released prisoners … Contemporary slang
hit the bricks — idi a) to walk the streets b) to go on strike … From formal English to slang
