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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Bill's flunking out of school was a bolt from the blue for his parents.

比尔因成绩不及格而被学校开除对他父母来说真是晴天霹雳。

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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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