out of the blue

英语

词源

略自out of the clear blue sky，将出乎意料的事比喻为天上突然掉下东西。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/aʊt ɒv ðə bluː/

• （澳洲）音频：

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介词短语

out of the blue

1. (习语) 出乎意料地，唐突，突然

   After I hadn’t heard from her in six months, she called me out of the blue to meet for lunch.

   我和她没联系6个月后，她突然叫我一起去吃午餐。

   I really can't understand how something like this could simply pop up out of the blue

   我实在没法理解为什么这种东西能突然出现。

参见

• next thing one knows
• out of nowhere
• thin air
• bolt from the blue