It hits me like a brick? (meaning?)

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Hello! How are you?1)What is the meaning of  " It hits me like a brick" ? And 2)Does it have the same meaning as "hit someone like a ton of bricks"? Thank you!!

Feebs11 · Accepted Answer

Can you provide the context for this?

Jisu98 · Answer

StartFragment> Thank you for reading my post and the following is the context.

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Now he looks at me, sort of funny, and says, "Do you know who I am?" I try to remember if I've seen him on TV or anything. "Are you the guy in those used-car commercials?"

He groans and pulls a little picture out of his wallet - a centuries-old portrait. It's the side view of a young man. He has a pointed nose and weak chin. There's a definite likeness to my sad friend here. At the bottom, there's a name: "W.A. Mozart."

Then it hits me like a brick. "You're that clone guy," I say. "The guy in the papers back in the '20s."

Finally, he smiles a little. "Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. I have his brain, his heart, his DNA. He's my twin, except I was born 247 years later."

Feebs11 · Answer

Thank you for the context - it makes it much clearer.

It means the information struck him almost as though someone had hit him over the head with a hard object - suddenly and shockingly. It could be a brick or a ton of bricks - the meaning is the same.

Jisu98 · Answer

Thank you so much!!

It hits me like a brick? (meaning?)

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