英语词组a bolt out of the blue是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

a bolt from the blue

Something unexpected or surprising. We always thought of Michael as a life-long bachelor, so it certainly was a bolt from the blue when he returned from his vacation sporting a wedding ring!

bolt from the blue

Fig. a sudden surprise. (Alludes to a stroke of lightning from a cloudless sky.) Joe's return to Springfield was a bolt from the blue. The news that Mr. and Mrs. King were getting a divorce struck all their friends as a bolt from the blue.

bolt from the blue, a

Also, a bolt out of the blue. A sudden, unexpected event. For example, Bill's dropping his life insurance was a bolt from the blue for his wife. This metaphoric term alludes to totally unforeseen lightning or thunder from a cloudless (blue) sky. [First half of 1800s]

a bolt from the blue

COMMON If an event or a piece of news is, or comes like, a bolt from the blue, it is completely unexpected. A Foreign Office spokesman had described the coup as `a bolt from the blue'. Note: You can also say that something is, or comes like, a bolt out of the blue. Mrs Thomas says the arrest had come `like a bolt out of the blue'. Note: This expression usually describes unpleasant events or pieces of news. Note: This expression compares an unexpected event to a bolt of lightning from a blue sky. The expressions `out of a clear blue sky' and `out of the blue' are based on a similar idea.

a bolt from the blue

a sudden and unexpected event or piece of news.

The phrase refers to the unlikelihood of a thunderbolt coming out of a clear blue sky.

a ˌbolt from the ˈblue

an event or a piece of news which is sudden and unexpected; a complete surprise: She had given us no warning she was going to leave; it came as a complete bolt from the blue.

This refers to a flash of lightning (= a bolt) coming from a clear blue sky.

bolt from the blue

A sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events.

bolt from the blue, a

A sudden, unexpected event, usually of a catastrophic nature. The term refers to a bolt of lightning or thunder that comes from a blue (cloudless) sky and hence is not anticipated. Although “blue” was a poetic allusion to the sky by 1700, the precise expression dates from the early nineteenth century. It appears in Thomas Carlyle’s description of chaotic events of the French Revolution: “Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue, has hit strange victims” (1837).

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释义	(redirected from a bolt out of the blue) a bolt from the blue Something unexpected or surprising. We always thought of Michael as a life-long bachelor, so it certainly was a bolt from the blue when he returned from his vacation sporting a wedding ring! bolt from the blue Fig. a sudden surprise. (Alludes to a stroke of lightning from a cloudless sky.) Joe's return to Springfield was a bolt from the blue. The news that Mr. and Mrs. King were getting a divorce struck all their friends as a bolt from the blue. bolt from the blue, a Also, a bolt out of the blue. A sudden, unexpected event. For example, Bill's dropping his life insurance was a bolt from the blue for his wife. This metaphoric term alludes to totally unforeseen lightning or thunder from a cloudless (blue) sky. [First half of 1800s] a bolt from the blue COMMON If an event or a piece of news is, or comes like, a bolt from the blue, it is completely unexpected. A Foreign Office spokesman had described the coup as `a bolt from the blue'. Note: You can also say that something is, or comes like, a bolt out of the blue. Mrs Thomas says the arrest had come `like a bolt out of the blue'. Note: This expression usually describes unpleasant events or pieces of news. Note: This expression compares an unexpected event to a bolt of lightning from a blue sky. The expressions `out of a clear blue sky' and `out of the blue' are based on a similar idea. a bolt from the blue a sudden and unexpected event or piece of news. The phrase refers to the unlikelihood of a thunderbolt coming out of a clear blue sky. a ˌbolt from the ˈblue an event or a piece of news which is sudden and unexpected; a complete surprise: She had given us no warning she was going to leave; it came as a complete bolt from the blue. This refers to a flash of lightning (= a bolt) coming from a clear blue sky. bolt from the blue A sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events. bolt from the blue, a A sudden, unexpected event, usually of a catastrophic nature. The term refers to a bolt of lightning or thunder that comes from a blue (cloudless) sky and hence is not anticipated. Although “blue” was a poetic allusion to the sky by 1700, the precise expression dates from the early nineteenth century. It appears in Thomas Carlyle’s description of chaotic events of the French Revolution: “Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the blue, has hit strange victims” (1837).
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