BOLT FROM THE BLUE


Meaning of BOLT FROM THE BLUE in English

{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.

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.