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.
(..) I'm following you now. I'm just going to follow you everywhere. I'm just going to follow you the rest of my life. I mean...they got crime there...in England. They got tons of crime, it seems. - Tons... - Yea, they got...Jack the Ripper. They haven't caught Jack the Ripper yet, can you believe that? (..)2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2