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drop a brick
Idioms and Phrases
Also, drop a clanger . Say something indiscreet, commit a social gaffe. For example, John dropped a brick when he called her by his ex-wife's name . [ Slang ; 1920s]Example Sentences
“Imagine what happens if you drop a brick in a flat pond - ripples spread in all directions,†said Robert Hall, a geologist at Royal Holloway University of London, who has studied the area.
“Imagine what happens if you drop a brick in a flat pond — ripples spread in all directions,†said Robert Hall, a geologist at Royal Holloway University of London, who has studied the area.
It might care enough for Lee to drop a brick now and then.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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