English-German translations for out of the blue

• aus heiterem Himmel
  Stoffliche Verwertung und Verwertung kann man nicht aus heiterem Himmel aus der Hauptstadt oder aus Brüssel verordnen. Recycling and reuse cannot be announced out of the blue from the capital or from Brussels.
  – Herr Präsident, Herr Kommissionspräsident! Ihre Kommission wurde nicht aus heiterem Himmel gebildet. – Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, your Commission was not formed out of the blue.
  Schließlich kam der Darfur-Konflikt nicht aus heiterem Himmel, sondern war ein Ergebnis der im Sudan herrschenden Probleme. In fact the problem in Darfur did not come out of the blue, it was a result of the problems in Sudan.

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