Out Of The Blue

Definitions: Out Of The Blue

Out Of The Blue

Adjective

1. Not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue".

Adverb

1. In a way that was not expected; "her brother showed up at the wedding out of the blue".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Out Of The Blue

Inexpectation

Surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start; bolt out of the blue; wonder; eye opener.

Crosswords: Out Of The Blue

You cracked the code ! Six months, and you come up with it out of the blue. How? (Hollow Man; writing credit: Gary Scott Thompson; Andrew W. Marlowe)

Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. (Repo Man; writing credit: Alex Cox)

This isn't out of the blue! This is smack dab in the middle of the blue! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

This is kinda out of the blue, isn't it? (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Out of the blue she reaches for you (Love will turn; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

Out of the Blue (1947)

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Books

• Out of the Blue (reference)

• Out of the Blue : A 24-Hour Skywatcher's Guide (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Out of the Blue (reference)

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Expressions using "out of the blue": bolt out of the blue ♦ come out of the blue ♦ turn up out of the blue. Additional references.

Albanian

si i rënë nga qielli. (various references)

Arabic 

‏فجأة (all at once, all of a sudden, bang, bounce, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, overnight, short, suddenly, unawares, unexpectedly). (various references)

Bulgarian 

внезапно (abruptly, all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, plop, plump, pop, short, shortly, suddenly, unawares), неочаквано (all at once, all of a sudden, by surprise, on the spur of the moment, plump, pop, slap, unawares). (various references)

Czech

znenadání (bump, unawares), zèistajasna (out of the a clear blue sky). (various references)

French

tout � coup. (various references)

German

aus heiterem himmel. (various references)

Hebrew 

לפתע פתאום (all of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, suddenly). (various references)

Hungarian

váratlanul (abruptly, all at once, fortuitously, pop, quite unexpectedly, spontaneously, unexpectedly), hirtelen (abrupt, abruptly, all at once, all of a sudden, bang, bulge, hasty, headlong, heady, on a sudden, plump, pop, precocious, presently, raid, rapid, rashly, sharp, short, skedaddle, slap dash, slap-dash, smack, snap, snoring, spasmodic, speedily, sudden, suddenly, to pop out, to pull up, to yaw), derült égből. (various references)

Italian

improvviso (abrupt, plump, sharp, snap, sudden, unexpected). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'天の霹靂 (a bolt out of the blue). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

せいて�"のへきれき (a bolt out of the blue). (various references)

Pig Latin

outay ofay ethay ueblay

Portuguese

subitamente (all of a sudden, bolt, bounce, plump, short, suddenly), repentinamente (abruptly, quickly, suddenly). (various references)

Russian 

вдруг (all at once, all of a sudden, at once, bump, suddenly). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pojaviti se kao grom iz vedrog neba (blue: turn up out of the blue), kao grom iz vedrog neba (blue: out of the blue, bolt from the blue), iznenada (abruptly, all of a sudden, blue: out of the blue, bump, short, suddenly, surprise: by surprise, unawares). (various references)

Spanish

inesperademente. (various references)

Swedish

plötsligt (abrupt, all at once, overnight, short, suddenly). (various references)

Turkish

pat diye (plump, pop, slap, slap bang, suddenly), damdan düşer gibi, beklenmedik bir anda (out of clear sky), ansızın (abruptly, all of a sudden, at unawares, on a sudden, pop, slap, suddenly). (various references)

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