• to give sy a surprise, to spring a surprise on sy, to take sy by surprise, to take unawares sy

• to give sy the surprise of one's life

• amazing, astonishing, astounding, dumbfounding, dumfounding, singular, startling, strange, striking, stunning, surprising, wondrous

• to take sy's breath away

• in surprise, suprisedly

• astonishingly, astoundingly, dumbfoundingly, strikingly, surprisingly, wondrous, wondrously

• dumbfounded, stricken

• to be amused, to drop one's teeth, to shit blue, to shit green, to shit oneself, to wonder

• in surprise, suprisedly

• surprise

• amazement, astonishment, jolt, kick in the eye, kick in the pants, kick in the teeth, revelation, surprise

• startler, startling news

• surprised

• wonderingly

• to be surprised at sg

• startler

• stunner

• snap

• coup de théátre

• stunt

• transmogrification