青せい天てんの霹へき靂れき

expression, noun

a bolt out of the blue; a sudden and surprising event

Idiomatic expression used for an event that is completely unexpected, like a thunderclap from a clear sky. Often used in formal or literary contexts.

• 彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの辞じ任にんは青せい天てんの霹へき靂れきだった。

  His sudden resignation was a bolt out of the blue.

• そのニュースはまさに青せい天てんの霹へき靂れきで、誰だれもが驚おどろいた。

  The news was truly a bolt from the blue, and everyone was shocked.