like a bolt out of the blue

like a bolt out of the blue
like a bolt out of the blue & like a bolt from the blue
Fig. suddenly and without warning. (Alludes to a bolt of lightning coming out of a clear blue sky.) •

The news came to us like a bolt from the blue.

Like a bolt out of the blue, the boss came and fired us all.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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