throw somebody a curve

American EnglishAmEASK A QUESTION to surprise someone with a question or problem that is difficult to deal with 〔提出问题〕难倒某人；抛给某人一个难题 → curveball

Examples from the Corpus

throw somebody a curve• The governor threw them a curve when he announced that funding would be cut.• The flushing models have thrown a curve to geophysicists trying to work out how this cycle has come about.• He expects to profit from the high strike mostly when he throws his overhand curve which breaks late into the strike zone.• Just when you thought you had it all figured out, it threw you a curve like this.

→ throw somebody a curve at curve1(1)

词汇	throw somebody a curve
释义	throw somebody a curve throw somebody a curve American EnglishAmEASK A QUESTION to surprise someone with a question or problem that is difficult to deal with 〔提出问题〕难倒某人；抛给某人一个难题 → curveball Examples from the Corpus throw somebody a curve• The governor threw them a curve when he announced that funding would be cut.• The flushing models have thrown a curve to geophysicists trying to work out how this cycle has come about.• He expects to profit from the high strike mostly when he throws his overhand curve which breaks late into the strike zone.• Just when you thought you had it all figured out, it threw you a curve like this. → throw somebody a curve at curve1(1)
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