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idiomthrow sb a curve AmEAmEto surprise someone by doing something that they do not expect, so that they are confused for a while:At the time my grandfather said, "Sometimes life throws you a curve that turns out to be lucky, although you don't realize it at the time."The beginning of the movie really throws you a curve.Note This idiom comes from the game of baseball. A curve ball is a way of throwing the ball so that it suddenly and unexpectedly curves away from the batter (=person hitting the ball) just as it gets to him or her.
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