Idiom
holy smoke
Meaning
An expression of astonishment.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Holy smoke, that car is fast.”
“When she opened the box and saw the gift, she said, "Holy smoke, I can't believe it."”
“Holy smoke, he whispered, staring at the ancient manuscript that had been lost for centuries.”
Examples
simple
“Holy smoke, that car is fast.”
contextual
“When she opened the box and saw the gift, she said, "Holy smoke, I can't believe it."”
complex
“Holy smoke, he whispered, staring at the ancient manuscript that had been lost for centuries.”
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