out of the blue

Meaning

1. Oxford93% of films

   unexpectedly; without warning

   Yeah. Out of the blue.

In the movies · 14

• But I just sent him a message out of the blue.The Dawn Wall2017
• Yeah. Out of the blue.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• What do you think, a spaceship is just gonna appear out of the blue?The Lego Movie2014
• Out of the blue.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• Right out of the blue.Drive2011
• And he just happened to invite you out of the blue huhJurassic World Dominion2022
• He always contacted me out of the blue.Zero Dark Thirty2012
• And fighting out of the blue corner, wearing black with blue,Creed2015

Learn it in full scenes

• The Dawn Wall2017
  • Tommy's Father Toughens Him Up
  • Tommy Caldwell Wins Snowbird
  • Climbers Taken Hostage in Kyrgyzstan
• The Lego Movie2014
  • Emmet Follows the Instructions
  • Emmet's Morning Routine in Bricksburg
  • Emmet Touches the Piece of Resistance
• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis

From the same entry

• do till you are blue in the face
• black and blue
• between the devil and the deep blue sea
• once in a blue moon
• scream blue murder
• a bolt from the blue
• the boys in blue

More idioms

• in particular
• you hear
• in the morning
• on hold
• do well
• have in common
• have a long way to go
• some day
• get the hang of
• the fact is
• watch it
• in any case