It seems that if you give an opinion about something, people come down on you.
It was hard to know where he would come down on the issue.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
come down on someone like a ton of bricks — informal phrase to criticize or punish someone very severely Thesaurus: to criticize stronglysynonym Main entry: ton … Useful english dictionary
come down on someone like a ton of bricks — be/come down on (someone) like a ton of bricks informal to punish someone very quickly and severely. If you miss any more classes, your teachers will be down on you like a ton of bricks. When he failed to supply his accounts, tax inspectors came… … New idioms dictionary
come down on someone like a ton of bricks — informal to criticize or punish someone very severely … English dictionary
come down on — ˌcome ˈdown on [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they come down on he/she/it comes down on present participle coming down on past tense … Useful english dictionary
come down on something — come down on (someone/something) 1. to criticize someone or something. It seems that if you give an opinion about something, people come down on you. 2. to have an opinion about someone or something. It was hard to know where he would come down… … New idioms dictionary
come down on — (someone/something) 1. to criticize someone or something. It seems that if you give an opinion about something, people come down on you. 2. to have an opinion about someone or something. It was hard to know where he would come down on the issue.… … New idioms dictionary
come down on the side of someone — come down on the side of (someone/something) to support someone or something. The government came down on the side of oil companies that want to drill on public lands. Related vocabulary: come down on someone/something … New idioms dictionary
come down on the side of something — come down on the side of (someone/something) to support someone or something. The government came down on the side of oil companies that want to drill on public lands. Related vocabulary: come down on someone/something … New idioms dictionary
come down on the side of — (someone/something) to support someone or something. The government came down on the side of oil companies that want to drill on public lands. Related vocabulary: come down on someone/something … New idioms dictionary
come down — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms come down : present tense I/you/we/they come down he/she/it comes down present participle coming down past tense came down past participle come down 1) to move down to the ground or to a lower level He was… … English dictionary
