blown out of the frame

to be afflicted with a sudden realization that your underlying assumptions or impressions or paradigm of thought has been challenged or overthrown by something you have just become aware of.
". . . and after Davian said that, the other guy was all glassy eyed and slack jawed, like he was blown out of the frame, savvy?"

When I first saw "Apocolypse Now," it blew me out of the frame.

I could give you some examples of what all this means to the future of our business, but I don't want to blow you out of the frame.
by zen February 02, 2004
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blown out the frame

"I take aim and blow that n*gga out the frame" ~ Method Man

"Snake got smoked on the set like Brandon Lee. Blown out the frame like Pan Am Flight 103" ~ GZA
by Walking Libary May 30, 2020
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