bolt from the blue in English

unexpected and shocking surprise or event (e.g.: "She had been working in the company for twenty years, so when she quit, it must have felt like a bolt from the blue")

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1. The news came a bolt from the blue.

2. The news came as a bolt from the blue.

3. The news came like a bolt from the blue.

4. Her dismissal came as a bolt from the blue.

5. It is a bolt from the blue to me.

6. The Mishcon job came like a bolt from the blue.

7. His sudden death came as a bolt from the blue.

8. The news of his marriage was a bolt from the blue.

9. The news of his death was ( like ) a bolt from the blue.

10. The news of her death was ( like ) a bolt from the blue.

11. His death at the age of 28 was a bolt from the blue.

12. This invention will be a bolt from the blue all over the world.

13. Inspiration hit me like a bolt from the blue on the way home.

14. The news that Wang Wei was missing came like a bolt from the blue.

15. The sending - off was not a bolt from the blue , it was part of a pattern.

16. The news struck me like a bolt from the blue, and I could not believe it.

17. Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?

18. 27 Was this money a bolt from the blue or did you know you were going to get it?

19. Even so, dismissal should never come as a bolt from the blue, however exalted your place in the corporate hierarchy.

20. The company decided to appoint a Japanese manager as president of the company. The decision came as a bolt from the blue.