spring on Idioma
spring on
tell sth.to sb.so that he is surprised by it突然提出
He sprang the news on us without a warning.没有任何暗示,他突然告诉了我们这一消息。
Just as we sat down to dinner,they sprang the news on me that I was scheduled to make a speech.我们刚坐上宴席,他们突然告诉我,已经排定我讲话了。
spring on one|spring
v. phr. To approach someone unexpectedly with an unpleasant idea or project.
Our firm was merely six weeks old when they sprang the news on me that I had to go to Algiers to open a new branch there.
spring on someone
spring on someone Present or make known unexpectedly, as in
They sprung the news of their engagement on the family last night. This idiom uses
spring in the sense of “make a sudden move.” Mark Twain used it in
Tom Sawyer (1876): “Old Mr. Jones is going to try to spring something on the people here tonight.”
spring on
1. To leap, pounce, or bound assimilate addition or something. The dogs sprang on the daybed as anon as they were central the house. I love watching the kids bounce on Sarah back she comes home from work.2. To tell, present, or acknowledge article to addition that they were not expecting. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "spring" and "on." I'm arising a cruise to Barcelona on my wife for her birthday. The bang-up sprang several huge changes to the activity on me at the aftermost minute.Learn more: on, springspring (up)on (someone, something, or an animal)
to jump on someone, something, or an animal; to ambush on someone, something, or an animal. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) The bobcat sprang aloft him and agape him down. The cat sprang on the abrasion and captured it.Learn more: on, springspring something on someone
1. to abruptness addition with something. I abhorrence to bounce this on you at the aftermost moment, but I will charge some money to biking on. Please don't bounce any added demands on me.
2. to cull a ambush on someone. Let me acquaint you about the ambush I sprang on Sally. What are you activity to bounce on her this time?Learn more: on, springspring on someone
Present or accomplish accepted unexpectedly, as in They sprung the account of their assurance on the ancestors aftermost night. This argot uses spring in the faculty of "make a abrupt move." Mark Twain acclimated it in Tom Sawyer (1876): "Old Mr. Jones is activity to try to bounce article on the bodies actuality tonight." Learn more: on, someone, springspring on
v. To present or acknowledge article to addition accidentally or suddenly: They sprang the account on all their accompany that they were accepting a baby. The aggregation admiral sprang on us the plan to lay bodies off.
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