English-Finnish translations for out of the blue

• yllättäen
  EHEC-tapaus on syössyt vihannesviljelijät eksistentiaaliseen kriisin täysin yllättäen, vaikka he eivät ole itse tehneet mitään väärää. The EHEC situation has thrust local vegetable growers into an existential crisis completely out of the blue and through no fault of their own.
• kuin salama kirkkaalta taivaalta
  Haluaisin kysyä komissiolta, miten elintarviketurvallisuus on toistaiseksi viime vuosina näkynyt työohjelmassa, koska globalisaatio ei kuitenkaan ole tullut kuin salama kirkkaalta taivaalta. I would like to ask the Commission to what extent food security has featured in the work programme up until now in recent years, because after all, globalisation has not come out of the blue.

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