out of the blue

English

Short for out of the clear blue sky, likening a sudden and unexpected event to something unexpectedly falling out of the sky.

(idiomatic) unexpectedly; without warning or preparation
After I hadn’t heard from her in six months, she called me out of the blue to meet for lunch.

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

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出其不意 (zh) (chūqíbùyì), 出乎意料 (zh) (chūhūyìliào)
Czech: zčistajasna
Danish: ud af det blå
Dutch: uit het niets, zomaar (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: yllättäen (fi), kuin salama kirkkaalta taivaalta (literally “like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky”)
French: comme un cheveu sur la soupe (fr) (like a hair in the soup), comme un chien dans un jeu de quilles (fr) (like a dog in a bowling game)
German: aus heiterem Himmel (from clear sky)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: (like thunder from a clear sky) eins og þruma úr heiðskíru lofti, (like the devil from the sheep's leg) eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum, (as a hard blow) sem reiðarslag, (like thunder from a blue sky) eins og þruma úr heiðríkju, öllum að óvörum
Italian: inaspettatamente (it), di punto in bianco (it) (all of a sudden), come un fulmine a ciel sereno (like a thunder in a clear sky), dal nulla
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Latin: inexspectate

Lithuanian: lyg perkūnas iš giedro dangaus (like a thunder in the clear sky)
Maori: matawhawhati
Norwegian: ut av det blå, som lyn fra klar himmel
Polish: jak grom z jasnego nieba (pl) (like a thunder from the clear sky)
Portuguese: do nada (pt) (out of nowhere), da cartola (out of the top hat), à toa (pt)
Romanian: din senin
Russian: как гром среди ясного неба (like a thunder in the clear sky), как снег на голову (like snow onto the head)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ка̏о гро̑м из ве̏дра не̏ба (like a thunder from clear skies)

Roman: kȁo grȏm iz vȅdra nȅba
Spanish: de la nada, de repente (es), de sopetón
Swedish: som en blixt från klar himmel (sv) (like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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