Here is the kicker

Here is the kicker

here's the kicker
slang This next point is a really surprising or ironic twist or turn of events. Primarily heard in US.
I just didn't understand why Susan was being so secretive about the account. Well, here's the kicker—she had been using it to steal money from the company for years!
These companies make products that are notoriously difficult to recycle, and most of them end up in landfills even if they are entered into the recycling stream. Here's the kicker, though—these same companies have been spending millions of dollars on ad campaigns urging the public to recycle!
Because I snuck out, I'm grounded for two weeks, and here's the kicker—my parents say they would have let me go to the party if I'd only asked!
See also: kicker
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beat Banaghan
beat Banagher
twist arm
twist somebody's arm
twist someone's arm
a legend in (one's) own lunchtime
a legend in (one's) own mind
a rum go
DOS
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