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gen.curve ballфинт (в бейсболе)
gen.curve ballхитрость
gen.curve ballуловка
baseb.curve ballкервбол, кручёный мяч (вид подачи мяча в бейсболе Пан)
idiom.throw a curve ballподложить свинью (также a curveball; (mainly US and Australian English, informal) to surprise someone with something that is *difficult or unpleasant* to deal with (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) • Just when you think you have life figured out, it throws you a curveball. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) ART Vancouver)
idiom.throw a curve ballподставить ножку (также a curveball; (mainly US and Australian English, informal) to surprise someone with something that is *difficult or unpleasant* to deal with (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) • Just when you think you have life figured out, it throws you a curveball. (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) ART Vancouver)
idiom.throw a curve ballвыкинуть фортель (to surprise someone with something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with: "Mother Nature threw us a curve ball last night with record-breaking amounts of rain, which resulted in massive flooding throughout the region." ART Vancouver)
gen.throw somebody a curve-ballподкинуть неприятный сюрприз (informal: Unexpectedly present someone with a challenge or disruption: ‘just when you think things are working out, life throws you a curveball' Bullfinch)
Makarov.throw somebody a curve-ballошарашить
gen.throw somebody a curve-ballнеприятно удивить (КГА)
gen.throw somebody a curve-ballошарашить (to surprise someone with something that is difficult or unpleasant to deal with КГА)

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