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shit a brick en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) To react strongly or excessively, especially in anger, fear, or astonishment.
    • She was thunderstruck when she came face to face with the tomb of Sir Isaac Newton. At her age, and in that same place, my big brother Bernie, a born scientist who can't draw or paint for sour apples, would have shit an even bigger brick. 1997, Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake:
    • If our boss finds out we did this and didn't tell him, he's gonna shit a brick.
    • When he saw that bull moose charging, he was about to shit a brick.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
shits a brick Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
shit a brick Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shit a brick Tense=Past lexicographic
shat a brick Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shat a brick Tense=Past lexicographic
shitted a brick Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
shitted a brick Tense=Past lexicographic
shit bricks alternative lexicographic
shitting a brick Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

scare the shit out of · brick it · chickenshit · give someone the shits · scared shitless

Translations (14)

fr chier une pendule (To react strongly in anger) · pl narobić w gacie (To react strongly in fear) · es cagarse de miedo (To react strongly in fear) · pt ficar puto da cara (To react strongly in anger) · pt se cagar de medo (To react strongly in fear) · da flippe ud (To react strongly in anger) · sv skita knäck (To react strongly in fear) · da skide i bukserne (To react strongly in fear) · ru обосра́ться кирпичами (To react strongly in fear) · pl zesrać się (To react strongly in anger) · da gå amok (To react strongly in anger) · ro a se căca pe el de frică (To react strongly in fear) · fr chier dans son froc (To react strongly in fear) · fr péter un plomb (To react strongly in anger)