"aus heiterem Himmel" meaning in German

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  "lang_code": "de",
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          "english": "The Magic Mountain",
          "ref": "1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 575:",
          "text": "Jetzt jedoch, eines Morgens, beim ersten Frühstück, ganz überraschend und sozusagen aus heiterem Himmel, erlitt er einen Zufall und Raptus, der allgemeines Aufsehen erregte, den ganzen Speisesaal auf die Beine brachte.",
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      "glosses": [
        "out of the blue, out of nowhere"
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          "out of the blue",
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          "out of nowhere",
          "out of nowhere"
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        "(idiomatic, figurative) out of the blue, out of nowhere"
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        {
          "word": "wie ein Blitz aus heiterem Himmel"
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        {
          "word": "wie aus heiterem Himmel"
        },
        {
          "alt": "wie",
          "word": "aus blauem Himmel"
        }
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
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    {
      "ipa": "/aʊ̯s ˈhaɪ̯təʁəm ˈhɪməl/"
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  "word": "aus heiterem Himmel"
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          "text": "Jetzt jedoch, eines Morgens, beim ersten Frühstück, ganz überraschend und sozusagen aus heiterem Himmel, erlitt er einen Zufall und Raptus, der allgemeines Aufsehen erregte, den ganzen Speisesaal auf die Beine brachte.",
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      "word": "wie aus heiterem Himmel"
    },
    {
      "alt": "wie",
      "word": "aus blauem Himmel"
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