a bolt from the blue
a 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.
热门单词
- acceptable damage
- act in earnest
- a fix
- air one's dirty linen in public
- a landslide victory
- all
- all day long
- all in all
- allow so or sth into a place
- (all) skin and bones
- all sweetness and light
- all the rage
- all the way live
- a lot of promise
- a love-hate relationship
- a meeting of the minds
- and so on
- ankle
- ants in one's pants
- a pack of lies
- a peep
