explode : Idioms & Phrases


explode a bombshell

  • verb utter or do something surprising
    • Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom
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exploding cucumber

  • noun Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched
    touch-me-not; Ecballium elaterium; squirting cucumber.
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