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Nitesh Saharan

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a bolt from the blue
COMMON If an event or a piece of news is, or comes like, a bolt from the blue, it is completely unexpected. A Foreign Office spokesman had described the coup as `a bolt from the blue'. Note: You can also say that something is, or comes like, a bolt out of the blue. Mrs Thomas says the arrest had come `like a bolt out of the blue'. Note: This expression usually describes unpleasant events or pieces of news. Note: This expression compares an unexpected event to a bolt of lightning from a blue sky. The expressions `out of a clear blue sky' and `out of the blue' are based on a similar idea.

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DIRECTIONS: State the meaning of idioms.


A bolt from the blue

Options:
A) a delayed event
B) an inexplicable event
C) an unexpected event
D) an unpleasant event
Solution:
Ans: (c)

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· 1 Months ago

Dear Student,
We have changed the answer.
Correct answer is option C ( unexpected or sudden event).

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