But the Haiti earthquake was absolutely like a bolt out of the blue, " she said.

但是，海地地震绝对是晴天霹雳。” 她说。

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Will you start out sweet as sugar candy and then suddenly, miraculously, like a bolt from the blue, find that sharp little tongue of yours?

你会开始甜得像蜂蜜，然后突然奇迹般、晴空霹雳般地用你那利如刀剑的小舌头砍了他吗？

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The announcement that the President of our university was quitting to go to another school hit us like a bolt out of the blue. He's always said he liked it here so much he would stay until he retired.

我们大学校长宣布他决定辞职到另外一个学校去工作。我们都感到很突然，因为他老是说他很喜欢这个学校，要一直在这儿工作到退休。

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Mr Howarth said the plant had been recruiting "within the last 12 months, so it's a bit of a bolt out of the blue".

BBC: George Howarth

The plan to close a Merseyside aircraft parts factory has come as "a bolt out of the blue", according to a local MP.

BBC: George Howarth

Lisburn councillor Stephen Martin said the news had "come as a bolt out of the blue".

BBC: Coca-Cola bottling plant