Our boss 'came down on us like a ton of bricks' [=got very angry at us] when he found out we had missed the meeting.
The loss of his job 'hit him like a ton of bricks'. [=hit him very hard; made him very upset, unhappy, etc.]
I still have a 'ton' to do before the guests arrive.
(..) do you think you'll be? I don't know. There's still a bird in here. We are gonna get in a ton of trouble. Honey, it's Christmas Eve. Who even knows you're in there? No, our names are on the sign-in sheet. So erase them and walk out. (..)2014 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Clean Room Infiltration Season: 8 Episode 11