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Brick Shithouse. UK usage-. A very big person, normally male who is as broad as he is tall yet carries very little fat. Not the sort of person you would willingly upset. Term comes from the large brick built outside toilets once common in working class areas of the UK.
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- Brick House by The Commodores
In North America, this slang expression was almost exclusively applied to women and refers to a woman with an attractive, shapely figure. This usage confuses many who cannot imagine how it could be a compliment to refer to a woman as being similar to a “shithouse.” Like many idioms, it does not need to make literal sense to those who use it, but th...
“Did you see that woman?” asked Denny. “Talk aboutbuilt like a brick shithouse!” “You know that girl I was trying to pick up last night? Turns out she has a boyfriend. “The guy was built like a brick shithouse. He looked like he could break me in half.”
A “shithouse,” or in Australia a dunnyis an outhouse used for urinating and defecating. These buildings, used before indoor plumbing was common, covered one or more toilets which were usually nothing more than holes or “latrines” dug in the ground. The buildings were usually built cheaply out of odd bits of wood and were meant to be easy to move on...
The iconic Commodore’s song “Brick House,” was based on the idiom, with the vulgar part taken out. There is no such idiom as ‘built like a brickhouse’ or, as the song says ‘she’s a brick house.’ However, the allusion is the same and the song is about shapely, or “solidly built” women. She’s a brick house means the same as ‘she’s built like a brick ...
built like a brick shithouse. BRITISH, INFORMAL, VERY RUDE. If you say that someone is built like a brick shithouse, you mean that they are extremely tall, broad, and strong-looking. This guy was built like a brick shithouse, with a huge mustache and smouldering brown eyes.
13 mar 2022 · brick shithouse (plural brick shithouses) ( slang , vulgar ) An article built more robustly than its function requires; implies an element of indestructability. ( slang , vulgar ) A person with a well-developed body.
6 mar 2024 · With a nickname that aptly translates to "Tree Stump" in Portugese, Palhares is built like a brick shit-house. ( Canada , US , simile , idiomatic , colloquial , somewhat vulgar ) ( of a woman ) Having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts and/or an attractive body.
Built like a brick shit house. This American slang expression from the early 20th century has spread around the English-speaking world. It was originally a derogatory description for a heavily built woman but is increasingly used to describe a strong, well-built man.
be built like a brick shithouse. 1. slang To be very muscular and strong. Bert is built like a brick shithouse, so get him to help you move all this furniture! 2. slang To be very buxom and curvaceous. Mary has a great body—she's built like a brick shithouse.
