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Jun 21, 2011 · The City of New York. USA - English. Jun 21, 2011. #4. "Out of the blue" literally refers to something coming from out of a clear blue sky, as opposed to a sky that has clouds which clearly indicate the approach of a storm. It therefore figuratively means somethng that happens without warning, or something that was unexpected:
Apr 30, 2011 · Apr 30, 2011. #2. "Out of the blue" means randomly, and unexpectedly. "I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited" means that the person would have preferred not to have shown up, without an invite, unexpectedly.
Dec 11, 2009 · "The blue" is indeed the sky. This is related to the expression "like a bolt from the blue", which means to happen suddenly and without any warning. The "bolt" in that saying is a bolt of lightning, which you would not expect to come out of a clear blue sky as opposed to a sky full of storm clouds.
Jan 20, 2009 · The meaning is what k-in-sc said, because i'm in that situation i went out of the blue and into the black, means that i went out of this world, out of life, into the void, lost in my own world.Btw That's just my vision and what those words feel to me.
Oct 8, 2018 · I think you're right. "blue" can mean emotionally sad and/or depressed. To paint the town red is an idiom meaning to go out to different places in a town and have a good time. So blue here plays off that idiom to give an opposite result.
Mar 1, 2009 · English - American. Mar 1, 2009. #2. Suddenly and all of a sudden means that something happened in a hurry. Out of the blue means that something unexpected happened. "Suddenly, and I mean all of a sudden, I understood that the airplane falling from the sky might hit me - talk about something coming from out of the blue." T.
Jun 26, 2013 · Hi there! I work in a company in the UK and I write multiple emails using the phrase "Forgive this email out of the blue". We have some leads in South America and Spain and I would like to use a similar phrase but I don't know if the literal translation would be said in Spanish! I haven't...
Dec 21, 2013 · The phrase "in the blue" has no idiomatic meaning. It could only have meaning in the context of a complete sentence. But there are two things "be in the blue" doesn't mean: 1. To be depressed. 2. To be in credit. I perfectly understand that "in the blue" doesn't mean to be in credit….
Nov 10, 2015 · Before the line below, Sheldon came to warn Leonard another group of scientists may scoop their theory if they don't perform their experiment immediately. Leonard then said that the material needed to perform their experiment is on back order and may take a month to ship out. (Throughout their dialogue, Leonard is a little irritated by Sheldon, even though Sheldon may not be aware of. ) Leonard: That shirt brings out the blue in your eyes.
Oct 22, 2009 · Hi, i'm trying to figure out what blue-pin means : ''don't try to blue-pin me''. Je pense qu'elle dit ca dans le sens de ''n'essaye pas de m'embobiner'' thank you very much
