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drop a bombshell
Idioms and Phrases
Make an unexpected or shattering announcement. For example, Bill dropped a bombshell when he said he was quitting . This expression, which alludes to the destruction caused by a falling bomb, dates from World War I.Example Sentences
"Not only didn't you know who to trust, but you also had Claudia ready to come in and drop a bombshell."
Because this is an election year and the Supreme Court is expected to drop a bombshell ruling on abortion any day, lawmakers fret that momentum for a deal can be brought to a standstill by outside forces.
In court on Tuesday, prosecutor Brittain Shaw argued that Mr Sussman had hoped to drop a bombshell in the final days of the November 2016 race.
But did Biden drop a bombshell on Thursday, or was he just leveling with the American people?
鈥淟overs鈥 can feel thin at times, though it鈥檚 a testament to Masad鈥檚 writing that I wanted more from the world she created: more depth to Iris鈥檚 letters, which read more like camp-pen-pal correspondence than confessions from the grave; and more dimension to Maggie鈥檚 dad, Peter, who spends most of the novel out of sorts, only to drop a bombshell at the end that feels pat and underexplored.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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