Idiom/expression that means "to suddenly tell some news" to someone?
These were the first ones that popped up in my mind (disclaimer: I'm not a native English speaker):
He threw me the news a month ago.
He flung the news at me a month ago.
He dropped the news on me a month ago.
Thy don't appear on Google, so I suspect they are not grammatical or idiomatic. But I'm looking something along the lines. Any suggestions?
I would use
He sprang the news on me.
spring on v. To present or disclose something to someone unexpectedly or suddenly: They sprang the news on all their friends that they were having a baby. The company president sprang on us the plan to lay people off.
He blurted out the news.
Blurt (MW)
to utter abruptly and impulsively
He broke the news to me a month ago.
This is by far the most idiomatic expression for this meaning, and implies a degree of suddenness to the action -- "He told me a month ago" would likely be used if it were not a somewhat abrupt announcement.
You could consider using drop the news bomb if you want to emphasize the sudden and shocking aspect as in:
The level of excitement among basketball and cartoon lovers the entire world jumped to an extreme level Monday when The Hollywood Reporter dropped the news bomb: Justin Lin, best known for several entries in the "Fast and the Furious" series, is co-writing "Space Jam 2," starring LeBron James.
[www.sportingnews.com]
Trump’s senior adviser, Daniel Scavino, Jr., was among the first to drop the news bomb today.
[redstatewatcher.com]
If you want to underline the fact that the news were disclosed suddenly you may use the idiomatic expression:
to come out with:
- to say something suddenly and unexpectedly:
- He comes out with the strangest things! She comes out with some good ideas though.
Cambridge Dictionary
- He came out with the news one month ago.