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Blindsided
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Blindsided
means to be strongly surprised — often emotionally — by something you never expected.
Examples
1- We were completely blindsided by the company’s decision to shut down the department. There was no warning — it felt like the floor was pulled from under us.
2- I was blindsided — in the best possible way — when the podcast suddenly reached thousands of listeners last week. I checked the numbers twice… and I just felt deeply grateful.
Hello and welcome to Daily English. Today’s expression is emotional and sudden.
It describes the moment when something catches you completely unprepared — when life shifts direction without warning. The expression is: “to be blindsided.”
Imagine this: You open your emails like any other morning… and suddenly you read a message that changes everything.
Or someone you trust makes a decision without telling you.
You weren’t ready. You didn’t see it coming. You were blindsided.
So What does it mean? To be blindsided means to be strongly surprised — often emotionally — by something you never expected. It’s the kind of shock you feel in your chest before your mind fully understands what happened.
Let’s check some examples.
“We were completely blindsided by the company’s decision to shut down the department. There was no warning — it felt like the floor was pulled from under us.”
“She thought everything was fine, so when her friend suddenly ended the relationship, she was deeply blindsided and needed time to process what happened.”
“I was blindsided — in the best possible way — when the podcast suddenly reached thousands of listeners last week. I checked the numbers twice… and I just felt deeply grateful.”
Being blindsided is not just a surprise. It’s that quiet moment after the news when your heart whispers, “Wait… what just happened?”
Sometimes it hurts. Sometimes it's unexpectedly beautiful. But it always interrupts your direction.
Have you ever been blindsided — by something painful or something wonderful? What happened?
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