come out of the clear blue sky

come out of the clear blue sky
come out of a clear blue sky & come out of the clear blue sky & come out of the blue
suddenly; without warning. •

Then, out of a clear blue sky, he told me he was leaving.

My sister Mary appeared on my doorstep out of the blue, after years with no word from her.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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