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- bolt from the blue, a
bolt from the blue, a
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]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Iman | | - | Arabic, Persian, Indonesian |
Beryl | | BER-əl | English |
Wil | | WIL (English, Dutch), VIL (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
FrĪDrihs | | - | Latvian |
Roma | | ['rɔma] | |
Perceval | | - | Arthurian Romance |