out of the blue 可不是没有蓝色

out of the blue

含义

短语"Out of the blue"意指出乎意料地，突然地，就像晴朗的天空中突然来的闪电或下雨一样令人意外。例如，张三正在家里吃午饭，突然电话响了，原来是多年未见的老友李四打来的电话，邀请他周末去爬山，这完全是out of the blue的情况。

例句

• He received an offer from an old friend out of the blue.
  他突然收到了一个老朋友的邀请。
• Out of the blue, she got a call from an old friend she hadn't seen in years.
  突如其来的，她接到了一个多年未见的老朋友的电话。
• I was walking down the street when, out of the blue, I found a hundred-dollar bill on the sidewalk.
  我正在街上走着，突然之间，我在人行道上发现了一张一百美元的钞票。
• He had been in good health and then, out of the blue, he had a heart attack.
  他一直身体健康，然后突然间，他心脏病发作了。
• Out of the blue, a huge eagle swooped down and snatched the sandwich from her hand.
  突然间，一只巨大的鹰俯冲下来，从她手中夺走了三明治。
• The decision to move to a new city came out of the blue, but we decided it was the right thing to do.
  搬到新城市的决定是个突然的决定，但我们认为这是正确的事情。

起源

短语“out of the blue”的起源是缩写自“out of the blue sky”，这个比喻是指像突如其来的闪电或雨水一样，意料之外的事件突然发生在一个没有云的天空中。