drop a bombshell
verb1
Idiomatic To announce surprising or alarming information suddenly and without warning.
- When the two men got together to discuss contract arrangements, the challenger dropped a bombshell. "If you lie down you can have the whole purse — $10,000," O'Brien told him.²³2000, Dan McCaffery, Tommy Burns: Canada's Unknown World Heavyweight Champion, page 135:
- John and Rick were knee-deep in pre-production when the client dropped a bombshell: Both of the tax services spots had been killed, but they still needed to air something in the same time frame.2002, Lisa Hickey, Design Secrets: Advertising: 50 Real-Life Projects Uncovered, page 64:
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- "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 and drop a bombshell and then walk out like there was nothing to it?2009, Marion Brown III, The Worst Part of Me, page 116:
- Synonyms
- drop a bomb