shit a brick

verb

shit a brick

verb
1

Idiomatic, Vulgar To react strongly or excessively, especially in anger, fear, or astonishment.

  • 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.
1 more example
  • 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:
Related terms
brick it, chickenshit, give someone the shits, scared shitless, scare the shit out of

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