out of the blue 意外地,突如其來地
例:We were having dinner when Peter appeared out of the blue.
彼得在我們吃晚餐時突然出現了。
而 bolt 則表一道閃電,當兩個碰在一起變成 a bolt out of the blue 時,就指天空中突然出現一道閃電,描繪出聽到出乎意料之外的事情時,那種晴天霹靂的震驚感,是不是很有畫面呢~
a bolt out of the blue 出乎意料之外的事情
= a bolt from the blue例:The news that Larry was marrying a woman he had just met came like a bolt out of the blue.
賴瑞要和一位他剛認識的女子結婚,這個消息出乎大家的意料之外。
We were having dinner when Peter appeared out of the blue.
我們正在吃晚餐,此時彼得突然出現了。
Do you know when Linda will marry Sam?
你知道琳達何時會和山姆結婚嗎?