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3 Jan 2015
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English (US)
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What does " hail of bricks " mean?
Police officers faced a hail of bricks when they tried to restore peace.
I can't grasp the meaning. Can anyone explain please? Thank you.
What does " hail of bricks " mean?
Police officers faced a hail of bricks when they tried to restore peace.
I can't grasp the meaning. Can anyone explain please? Thank you.
Police officers faced a hail of bricks when they tried to restore peace.
I can't grasp the meaning. Can anyone explain please? Thank you.
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Bricks were thrown at the police when ever they tried to pacify (calm) the crowd.
Hail can refer to frozen rain, or it can refer to a large number of objects that have been hurled through the air. In this scenario, it refers to the latter (the second definition).
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Important note: this is not a set phrase, but rather a creative metaphor.
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Not sure whether you have ever been in a hailstorm (ice balls falling from the clouds), but just imagine bricks instead of hail...
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