a bolt from the blue

뜻

something important that happens completely unexpectedly

전혀 예상하지 못하게 일어난 중대한 일.

예문

1. 1The news that the factory was closing came as a bolt from the blue to everyone in town.
2. 2Her resignation was a bolt from the blue; nobody in the office had seen it coming.
3. 3After ten years of silence, a letter from my long-lost cousin arrived like a bolt from the blue.
4. 4Was the job offer from the London studio a bolt from the blue, or had you applied?
5. 5Dad never wins anything, so the phone call about the raffle prize was a bolt from the blue.

문법

주로 be, come as, like 뒤에 쓴다. a와 the blue는 그대로 쓰며, the blue는 하늘을 뜻한다. a bolt out of the blue라고도 한다.