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{
"etymology_text": "Suggesting a thunderbolt from a clear sky.",
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{
"form": "bolts from the blue",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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},
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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],
"examples": [
{
"text": "His death came as a bolt from the blue.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A complete surprise; something totally unexpected."
],
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"links": [
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"unexpected",
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],
"related": [
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"word": "out of nowhere"
},
{
"word": "out of the blue"
},
{
"word": "turn up for the book"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kato grǎm ot jasno nebe",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "като гръм от ясно небе"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iznevidelica",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "изневиделица"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "晴天霹靂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qíngtiānpīlì",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "晴天霹雳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "突如其來"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tūrúqílái, túrúqílái",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "突如其来"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "blesk z čistého nebe"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "som et lyn fra en klar himmel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "salama kirkkaalta taivaalta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "Blitz aus heiterem Himmel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "keravnós en aithría",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κεραυνός εν αιθρία"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "like thunder on a clear day",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kerá'am beyóm bahír",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "כְּרַעַם בְּיוֹם בָּהִיר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "derült égből villámcsapás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "eins og þruma úr heiðskíru lofti"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "sem reiðarslag"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "eins og þruma úr heiðríkju"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "öllum að óvörum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "petir di siang bolong"
},
{
"alt": "せいてんのへきれき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seiten no hekireki",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "青天の霹靂"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheongcheon byeongnyeokgwa gachi",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "청천 벽력과 같이"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "kā pērkons no skaidrām debesīm"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "kā sniegs uz galvas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "lyg perkūnas iš giedro dangaus"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "som lyn fra klar himmel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grom z jasnego nieba"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imprevisto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "din senin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "thunder from a clear sky",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grom sredí jásnovo néba",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "гром среди́ я́сного не́ба"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "like snow from the blue",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak sneg ná golovu",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "как снег на́ голову"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "clach às an adhar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "као гром из ведра неба"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kao grom iz vedra neba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "como rayo caído del cielo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "som en blixt från klar himmel"
}
]
}
],
"word": "bolt from the blue"
}
{
"etymology_text": "Suggesting a thunderbolt from a clear sky.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "bolts from the blue",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "out of nowhere"
},
{
"word": "out of the blue"
},
{
"word": "turn up for the book"
}
],
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
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"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes"
],
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{
"text": "His death came as a bolt from the blue.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A complete surprise; something totally unexpected."
],
"links": [
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"unexpected",
"unexpected"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "kato grǎm ot jasno nebe",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "като гръм от ясно небе"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "iznevidelica",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "изневиделица"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "晴天霹靂"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qíngtiānpīlì",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "晴天霹雳"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "突如其來"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tūrúqílái, túrúqílái",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "突如其来"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "blesk z čistého nebe"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "som et lyn fra en klar himmel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "salama kirkkaalta taivaalta"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "Blitz aus heiterem Himmel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "keravnós en aithría",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "κεραυνός εν αιθρία"
},
{
"code": "he",
"english": "like thunder on a clear day",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kerá'am beyóm bahír",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "כְּרַעַם בְּיוֹם בָּהִיר"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "derült égből villámcsapás"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "eins og þruma úr heiðskíru lofti"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "eins og skrattinn úr sauðaleggnum"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "sem reiðarslag"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "eins og þruma úr heiðríkju"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "öllum að óvörum"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "petir di siang bolong"
},
{
"alt": "せいてんのへきれき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seiten no hekireki",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "青天の霹靂"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "cheongcheon byeongnyeokgwa gachi",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "청천 벽력과 같이"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "kā pērkons no skaidrām debesīm"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "kā sniegs uz galvas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "lyg perkūnas iš giedro dangaus"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "som lyn fra klar himmel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "grom z jasnego nieba"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "imprevisto"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "din senin"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "thunder from a clear sky",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "grom sredí jásnovo néba",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "гром среди́ я́сного не́ба"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "like snow from the blue",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kak sneg ná golovu",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "как снег на́ голову"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "clach às an adhar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "као гром из ведра неба"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "kao grom iz vedra neba"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "como rayo caído del cielo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "like a lightning bolt out of a clear sky",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "something totally unexpected",
"word": "som en blixt från klar himmel"
}
],
"word": "bolt from the blue"
}
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