English-Danish translations for out of the blue

• ud af det blå
  De fem prioriteter i charteret er ikke taget ud af det blå. The five priorities in the Charter have not appeared out of the blue.
  Men EF-domstolens afgørelser kommer ikke ud af det blå. The rulings of the European Court of Justice have not come out of the blue, however.
  Den moderne humanistiske tilgang til ansættelsesforhold kom imidlertid ikke ud af det blå. The modern humanist approach to employment relations did not come out of the blue, however.

Definition of out of the blue

• unexpectedly; without warning or preparation

Examples

• After I hadn’t heard from her in six months, she called me out of the blue to meet for lunch.
• I really cant understand how something like this could simply pop up out of the blue

Related words

• out of the mouths of babes and sucklings
• out of the frying pan, into the fire
• out of the corner of one's eye
• out of the goodness of one's heart
• out of the box
• out of the woods
• out of the ordinary
• out of the question
• out of the way