out of nowhere
out of nowhere
Appearing all of a sudden, without any prior warning or indication. Out of nowhere, this crazed bull started charging at us! These threatening letters began showing up in our mailbox out of nowhere.
See also: nowhere, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
*out of nowhere
appearing suddenly, without warning. (*Typically: appear ~; come ~; materialize ~.) A huge bear appeared out of nowhere and roared and threatened us. Suddenly, a truck came out of nowhere. Without warning, the storm came out of nowhere.
See also: nowhere, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
out of nowhere
Suddenly, unexpectedly, as in That anonymous letter turned up out of nowhere. It is often put as come out of nowhere, as in Their team came out of nowhere and won the state championship. This term uses out of in the sense of "from," and nowhere in the sense of "an unknown place." For a synonym, see out of a clear blue sky.
See also: nowhere, of, out
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- come out of nowhere
- like a house on fire
- like a house afire
- shoot the bull
- shoot the bull, to
- pizzle
- pizzle a wild card word for words beginning with
- cut the bull
- bull pucky
- pucky