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A complete surprise; something totally unexpected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Examples
- His death came as a bolt from the blue.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Suggesting a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
като гръм от ясно небе
(kato grǎm ot jasno nebe)
— something totally unexpected
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Bulgarian:
изневиделица
(iznevidelica)
— something totally unexpected
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Chinese Mandarin:
晴天霹靂 /晴天霹雳
(qíngtiānpīlì)
— something totally unexpected
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Chinese Mandarin:
突如其來 /突如其来
(tūrúqílái, túrúqílái)
— something totally unexpected
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Czech:
blesk z čistého nebe
— something totally unexpected
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Danish:
som et lyn fra en klar himmel
— something totally unexpected
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Dutch:
donderslag bij heldere hemel
— something totally unexpected
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Finnish:
salama kirkkaalta taivaalta
— something totally unexpected
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German:
Blitz aus heiterem Himmel
— something totally unexpected
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Hebrew:
כְּרַעַם בְּיוֹם בָּהִיר
(kerá'am beyóm bahír)
— something totally unexpected
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Hungarian:
derült égből villámcsapás
— something totally unexpected
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Icelandic:
eins og þruma úr heiðskíru lofti
— something totally unexpected
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Icelandic:
eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum
— something totally unexpected
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Icelandic:
sem reiðarslag
— something totally unexpected
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Icelandic:
eins og þruma úr heiðríkju
— something totally unexpected
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Icelandic:
öllum að óvörum
— something totally unexpected
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Indonesian:
petir di siang bolong
— something totally unexpected
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Japanese:
青天の霹靂
(seiten no hekireki)
— something totally unexpected
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Korean:
청천 벽력과 같이
(cheongcheon byeongnyeokgwa gachi)
— something totally unexpected
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Latvian:
kā pērkons no skaidrām debesīm
— something totally unexpected
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Latvian:
kā sniegs uz galvas
— something totally unexpected
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Lithuanian:
lyg perkūnas iš giedro dangaus
— something totally unexpected
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Norwegian Bokmål:
som lyn fra klar himmel
— something totally unexpected
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Polish:
grom z jasnego nieba
— something totally unexpected
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Portuguese:
imprevisto
— something totally unexpected
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Romanian:
din senin
— something totally unexpected
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Russian:
гром среди́ я́сного не́ба
(grom sredí jásnovo néba)
— something totally unexpected
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Russian:
как снег на́ голову
(kak sneg ná golovu)
— something totally unexpected
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Scottish Gaelic:
clach às an adhar
— something totally unexpected
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Serbo-Croatian:
као гром из ведра неба
— something totally unexpected
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Serbo-Croatian:
kao grom iz vedra neba
— something totally unexpected
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Spanish:
como rayo caído del cielo
— something totally unexpected
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Swedish:
som en blixt från klar himmel
— something totally unexpected
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Ukrainian:
грім се́ред я́сно́го не́ба
(hrim séred jásnóho néba)
— something totally unexpected
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Ukrainian:
грім з я́сно́го не́ба
(hrim z jásnóho néba)
— something totally unexpected
