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!

a bolt from the blue

also a bolt out of the blue

something that you do not expect to happen and that surprises you very much The news that they had got married was a bolt from the blue. He seemed to be very happy in his job, so his resignation came as a bolt out of the blue.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arsenios	-	Ancient Greek
Winoc	-	Breton, French
Temur	-	Georgian
Lubna	-	Arabic
Immanuel	-	German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Anamaria	-	Romanian