throw someone a curve
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the curve ball in baseball, where a spin is employed to adjust the path of the ball unexpectedly.
Verb
[edit]throw someone a curve (third-person singular simple present throws someone a curve, present participle throwing someone a curve, simple past threw someone a curve, past participle thrown someone a curve)
- (baseball) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.
- (figuratively) To surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction.
- He really threw me a curve when he asked me a personal question at work.
Translations
[edit]pitch a curve ball
to surprise with something unexpected
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