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bolt from the blue
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 sudden, shocking surprise or turn of events.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Sheri | | SHER-ee | English |
Gerlinde | | ger-LIN-də (German), kher-LIN-də (Dutch) | German, Dutch |
Finka | | - | Croatian |
Doroteja | | - | Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian |
Sky | | SKIE | English (Modern) |
Vilhelmas | | - | Lithuanian |