Communication
out of the blue
suddenly and unexpectedly
If something happens out of the blue, it happens suddenly when you were not expecting it.
Hear it in real life
How did you hear about the job?
My old manager called me out of the blue.
She turned up out of the blue after years of no contact.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He called me from the blue.
Say: He called me out of the blue.
The fixed phrase uses “out of the blue,” not “from the blue.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
happen out of the blue; come out of the blue; call out of the blue
Your turn: say it out loud
She turned up out of the blue after years of no contact.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
out of the blue
suddenly and unexpectedly
“She turned up out of the blue after years of no contact.”
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