It was like a bolt out of the blue.

当时就感觉像是晴天霹雳。

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I saw a man bolt out of our backyard.

我看到一个男人从我们家的后院窜出去。

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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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The bolt comes out and there was no way to hold the oil in the pan.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

"There's a nut on the inside of the oil pan. The bolt came out. But the nut was not welded corectly to the oil pan,so the nut fell off.

VOA: standard.2010.08.01

He smiles at the television cameras, sticks out his tongue with antic poses and hand gestures, strikes his "lightning bolt" pose, and tells reporters that he is on his way "to being a legend."

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

Maybe the concept came to you in a flash, the proverbial bolt out of the blue.

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

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Redundant worker Lanza Martineta said the news he was losing his job came as a "bolt out of the blue".

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