hit like a ton of bricks

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)To have asuddenandsignificantemotionalimpact.His depressionhithimlike a ton of bricks.2017,David Walliams[pseudonym; David Edward Williams],Bad Dad, London:HarperCollins Children’s Books,→ISBN:“For any decent, law-abiding citizen, there is no honour in this. None at all. You are a bad man, Mr Goodie. And, worst of all, a bad dad. A very bad dad.” Thathit Gilbert like a ton of bricks. He looked over to his son with tears in his eyes, as the judge announced the sentence. “Gilbert Goodie, I sentence you to ten years in prison!”

Examples:

EN: Pete: The moment Barb left me, the loneliness hit like a ton of bricks, so I... I figured I'd come here and hang around with you, like in the old days.
ES: Cuando Barb me dejó, la soledad me golpeó como una tonelada de ladrillos, así que... me las averigüé para venir aquí y salir contigo, como en los viejos tiempos.
EN: [Ice-T] When N.W.A. hit, they hit like a ton of bricks. When Cube said, you know, "From a gang called, Niggaz Wit Attitudes", not a group, we're a gang.
ES: "Straight Outta Compton" era un testimonio de la represión que sentían las calles del centro sur de Los Ángeles desde hacía mucho.
EN: It hit like a ton of bricks.
ID: Menghantam. Hantamannya begitu keras.

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