Drop a brick

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned. UK, idiomatic

    "It was on one of those Tuesdays that I dropped a brick, the memory of which still haunts me after more than forty years. A very loquacious lady, whom I had never seen before, appeared to be talking through her nose. “Don't you think,” I said to one of my neighbours, by way of starting conversation, “that lady would be well advised to sound her trumpet less often?” “You bet I do! I've not been able to get used to it these thirty years.” And as I stared at him, horror-struck: “Yes. I'm her husband.”"

  2. 2
    Alternative form of drop a bombshell. US, alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, brick.

    "The clumsy builder dropped a brick on his toe."

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