Usually means: Surprise with unexpected difficult task.
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  1. throw someone a curveball: Merriam-Webster
  2. throw someone a curveball: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. throw someone a curveball: Wiktionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Throw someone a curveball)

verb:  Alternative form of throw someone a curve [(baseball) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.]

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