The map showed several yellow brick roads winding through the valley, each leading to a different village.

As children, we spent entire summers chasing adventures along the yellow-brick roads behind our town.

Trying to explain the new policy to him feels like speaking to a brick wall.

When he read the diagnosis, the news hit like a ton of bricks and he sank into stunned silence.

Even after years on the field, the veteran lineman was still built like a brick outhouse, anchoring the defense with immovable strength.

Despite his gentle demeanor, he was built like a brick shipyard, every movement showing his solid, hulking strength.

Explaining the new policy to the team felt like talking to a brick wall.

The prisoners were forced to make bricks without straws from dawn until dusk.

They were making bricks without straws to meet the impossible deadline.

When the scandal surfaced, donors were quick to drop like a hot brick all ties to the campaign.