英语词汇“throw a curve”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	throw a curve
释义	throw a curve SEE SYNONYMS FOR throw a curve ON THESAURUS.COM Surprise or outwit someone, as in They threw me a curve when they said that our department would be combined with yours. This colloquial term comes from baseball, where a pitcher tries to fool the batter by using a curve ball, which is thrown with sufficient spin to make it veer from its expected path. The term was transferred to other kinds of surprise, not necessarily unpleasant, in the mid-1900s. Words nearby throw a curve through thick and thin, throughway, throve, throw, throw about, throw a curve, throw a fit, throw a monkey wrench into, throw a party, throw a punch, throwaway The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to throw a curve knock, disturb, upset, rock, shock, jar, startle, shake, convulse, stun, shake up, dumbfound, bewilder, overwhelm, flabbergast, astound, boggle, confound, amaze, daze
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throw a curve