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See: EXPLODE A BOMBSHELL.

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explode a bombshell

[explode a bombshell] or [drop a bombshell] {v. phr.}, {informal} To say something startling; suggest or show something astonishing or shocking. * /The police exploded a bombshell when they arrested […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

sit on a bomb

[sit on a bomb] or [bombshell] {v. phr.}, {informal} To be in possession of anything that is potentially disastrous or dangerous. * /The finance department will be sitting on a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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