bolt from the blue

bolt from the blue  {n. phr.}
Something sudden and unexpected; an event that you did not see coming; a great and usually unpleasant surprise; shock.
We had been sure she was in Chicago, so her sudden appearance was a bolt from the blue.
His decision to resign was a bolt from the blue.
Compare: OUT OF THE BLUE.
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