英美俚俗语【45】like a bolt out of the blue 出乎意料的事

like a bolt out of the blue

[俗]出乎意料的事

The news hit me like a bolt out of the blue. I had thought I surely passed the entrance examination.

这消息使我如一遭晴天霹雳，我原以为我一定会考上大学。

注解：

bolt意指闪电、霹雳，the blue意指蓝天；like the bolt out of the blue系指像晴天霹雳，喻指突发事件、出乎意料的事情。