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Part One I had only recently seen John in a restaurant. The news of his death came as a bolt from the blue She found the keys she had lost last month, which was like a bolt from the blue A bolt from the blue Meaning：A complete surprise, like a bolt of lightning from a blue sky. Origin：This has the feel of a Shakespearian or Biblical phrase, but it isnt as old as it sounds. There are several forms of it: out of the blue, a bolt out of the blue, etc. The earliest citation is Thomas Carlyle, in The French Revolution, 1837: Arrestment, sudden really as a bolt out of the Blue, has hit strange vic