be in for a shock
be in for a shock
To be guaranteed to receive or experience an unexpectedly jarring outcome, especially a negative one. If you think being a parent is easy, then you're in for a shock! Mary's been so sheltered all her life that she'll be in for a shock when she has to start paying her own bills.
See also: shock
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- shock
- be in for a treat
- jarring experience
- come out of the woodwork
- come/crawl out of the woodwork
- be in the chips
- dawn (up)on (one)
- dawn on
- all hell breaks loose
- all hell broke loose