1 : of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue entry 2 sense 1) a blue jacket her bright blue eyes The house is blue with white shutters. 2 a : bluish the blue haze of tobacco smoke b : discolored by or as if by bruising blue with cold c : bluish gray a blue cat 3 a : low in spirits : melancholy a bolt from the blue meaning: something important or unusual that happens suddenly or unexpectedly: . Learn more. Britannica Dictionary definition of BLUE. 1. : having the color of the clear sky. a blue house/car/shirt/pen. his bright blue eyes. the deep blue ocean. — see also baby blue, black-and-blue, cobalt blue, navy blue, royal blue, sky blue, true-blue. 2. Learn the meaning and origin of the idiom out of the blue, which means something has happened suddenly or without warning. Find out how to use it in a sentence and how it relates to the original phrase a bolt out of the blue. out of the blue translate: 出乎意料地;突然. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese traditional Dictionary. 1. (general) a. de la nada. You can't tell me you love me out of the blue! I wasn't ready!¡No puedes decirme de la nada que me amas! ¡No estaba lista! b. inesperadamente. My parents arrived at my apartment out of the blue.Mis padres llegaron a mi apartamento inesperadamente. c. sin avisar. The term "out of the blue" means suddenly and unexpectedly. Table of Contents English Proverbs and Idioms Test More Proverbs, Sayings, and Idioms Examples of Use: He proposed out of the blue. I didn't suspect a thing. The deer came out of the blue and hit my car. Did you know Kate was leaving? She announced it out of the blue yesterday. 1KnI.

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