Idiom
great balls of fire
Meaning
Expressing great surprise.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Great balls of fire, you surprised me!”
“Great balls of fire, I cannot believe you actually finished that project on time.”
“Great balls of fire, the sudden announcement of the company merger left the entire boardroom in a state of total shock.”
Examples
simple
“Great balls of fire, you surprised me!”
contextual
“Great balls of fire, I cannot believe you actually finished that project on time.”
complex
“Great balls of fire, the sudden announcement of the company merger left the entire boardroom in a state of total shock.”
Key words
Related idioms
- Updated