out of the blue

Significado

completely unexpectedly

De forma totalmente inesperada.

Ejemplos

1. 1My old school friend rang me out of the blue after ten years.
2. 2Out of the blue, our new neighbours invited us to their daughter's wedding.
3. 3We hadn't heard from Aunt Rosa in years, and then, out of the blue, she turned up at our door.
4. 4Nobody saw it coming when, out of the blue, the manager announced she was leaving.
5. 5Did the job offer really come out of the blue, or had you applied for it?

Gramática

La expresión no cambia. Funciona como un adverbio: al principio o al final de la oración, o después de un verbo como come, ring o arrive.

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