Значение слова "BOLT FROM THE BLUE" найдено в 2 источниках

BOLT FROM THE BLUE

найдено в "Dictionary of American idioms"

bolt from the blue: translation

a bolt from the blue

Fig. a sudden surprise. (Alludes to a stroke of lightning from a cloudless sky.) •

Joe's return to Springfield was a bolt from the blue.

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The news that Mr. and Mrs. King were getting a divorce struck all their friends as a bolt from the blue.

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{n. phr.} Something sudden and unexpected; an event that you did not see coming; a great and usually unpleasant surprise; shock. * /We had been sure she was in Chicago, so her sudden appearance was a bolt from the blue./ * /His decision to resign was a bolt from the blue./ Compare: OUT OF THE BLUE.