Talk:go over like a ton of bricks

Deletion debate
This is sum of parts: go over + (newly defined adverb phrase used with many verbs): like a ton of bricks. The example shown picks only one use of go over, it could be used with others as well such as "fall over". The whole phrase does not narrow the range of go over or vary the meaning of like a ton of bricks. Facts707 22:36, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. SoP.--Dmol 23:17, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. ---&gt; Tooironic 23:40, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Yair rand 01:01, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Agree delete - SemperBlotto 08:00, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, not that it really matters what I think lol. Mglovesfun (talk) 12:33, 7 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Deleted, no need to delay the inevitable. Mglovesfun (talk) 17:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Not buying it
This is not a sum of parts; it is an idiom whose meaning is not inferable from parts alone. To "go over" can mean, among other things, "to create a response or impression." "Like a ton of bricks" is defined as "very strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly." It is not obvious what it means for news to create a response or impression strongly, heavily, or unexpectedly. To go over like a ton of bricks means, specifically, for news to be received badly. This page should be restored. --Satyreyes 03:18, 30 December 2011 (UTC)