Are you a brick?

“Brick” (ladrillo) you may know. Normally, builders (constructores) use bricks to build houses.

There are some expressions that use “brick”. Contemplate the following:

• Sometimes mortals “drop a brick” (meter la pata, tirarse una plancha) or “put their foot in it”.

An example: Mr. Starmer (the British Prime Minister) is always “dropping bricks”, that is, making big mistakes with his decisions and his leadership (liderazgo).

• People sometimes “come down on a person like a ton of bricks” (echar una bronca de miedo a alguien). This means that the people punish (castigar) or criticise someone in a harsh (duro) or severe (severo) way.

A mortal can also “be a brick” (un buen chico, o un pan de Dios), that is trustworthy (de confianza) and loyal (leal) in difficult situations.

So are you a brick? Have you ever dropped a brick?