explode a bombshell
explode a bombshell
To reveal something that is very surprising or unexpected. Whoa, you can't just explode a bombshell like that and leave. I need details about this new boyfriend of yours! When we got a tip that the newspaper was about to explode a bombshell about our candidate, we all wondered what information they could possibly have.
See also: bombshell, explode
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- drop a bombshell
- drop a bombshell, to
- explode
- drop a bomb
- have a kick to it
- have a kick to it/them
- double buffalo
- take it easy
- take it/things easy
- shut the door on