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| slug; all of a heap; like a bolt from the blue (Anglophile); be thunderstruck (e.g., he was thunderstruck – его как обухом по голове ударили Anglophile) | |||
| stunning; mouth-dropping | |||
| rude awakening (z484z); hit like a ton of bricks (тж. like a bolt from the blue Taras); sledgehammer blow (Bobrovska); like a bolt out of the blue (He seemed to be very happy in his job, so his resignation came like a bolt out of the blue. Val_Ships) | |||
| as a punch to the face (Technical) | |||
| sledgehammer blow | |||
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как обухом по голове : 11 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 4 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Informal | 6 |