Surprise Idioms

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Out of the bluevery unexpected

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She got promoted to a

senior manager position out of

the blue.

One’s jaw dropsused to say when something is very

impressive or surprising

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My jaw dropped when I first saw

Toronto’s skyline.

To knock somebody’s socks offto surprise and please someone by being

very impressive

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The food at the newly opened restaurant

absolutely knocked my socks off.

To be struck dumbto suddenly be unable to talk, usually because

you are very surprised or shocked

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Jason was struck dumb when he heard the news about his company relocating to another province.

To do a double taketo look at someone or something again

because you are very surprised by what you saw or heard

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I stopped to do a double take when I saw my friend’s name in the newspaper.