bolt from the blue, bolt out of the blue

**ancelotti777** · **13-09-2007, 12:23**

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"

**Bora Kılıç** · **13-09-2007, 12:51**

sudan çıkmış balığa dönmek gibi

**ALI-KARABULUT** · **14-09-2007, 13:17**

Bolt out of (from) the blue = a complete surprise : something totally unexpected

Ama 'Like a bolt from the blue' şurda değişik anlamda!!??

(= Like a sign from heaven, like a flash of light.)
- Like a bolt from the blue, I got the idea to shave my head.