drop a bombshell

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Meaning: (idiomatic)Toannouncesurprisingoralarminginformation suddenly and without warning.2000, Dan McCaffery,Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion‎[1], page135:When the two men got together to discuss contract arrangements, the challengerdropped a bombshell."If you lie down you can have the whole purse — $10,000," O'Brien told him.232002, Lisa Hickey,Design Secrets: Advertising: 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered‎[2], page64:John and Rick were knee-deep in pre-production when the clientdropped a bombshell: Both of the tax services spots had been killed, but they still needed to air something in the same time frame.2009, Marion Brown III,The Worst Part of Me‎[3], page116:"Yeah, you are my baby's daddy. Well I have to leave, but we'll be in touch."Asia dropped a piece of paper on my desk and walked out the door with a huge smile on her face.[…]How could Asia just come in anddrop a bombshelland then walk out like there was nothing to it?

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