藪やぶから棒ぼうに

expression, adverb

out of the blue; all of a sudden; unexpectedly

Idiomatic expression describing something that happens abruptly and without any prior indication, often with a nuance of surprise or inappropriateness. Literally 'like a stick from a thicket'.

• 彼かれは藪やぶから棒ぼうに辞じ職しょくすると言いい出だした。

  Out of the blue, he announced he was resigning.

• 藪やぶから棒ぼうにそんなことを聞きかれても困こまる。

  I don't know what to say when you ask me something like that all of a sudden.