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.
(..) ...the Germans had an artillery piece... It's the biggest in the world. Called the Gustav Gun. And it weighed a thousand tons. And the Gustav was capable of firing a -ton shell... ...and hitting a target, accurately, miles away. I mean, you could drop bombs on it every day for a month... (..)2008 TvShow: Breaking Bad Title: A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal Season: 1 Episode 7