bolt from (out of) the blue
An unexpected event that strikes like lightning from the sky: “He had been with the company for eighteen years; when he was fired, it must have felt like a bolt from the blue.”
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Words nearby bolt from (out of) the blue
bolt, bolt-action, bolt boat, boltel, bolter, bolt from (out of) the blue, bolthead, bolt-hole, bolting cloth, Bolton, boltonia
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