Does it make sense to you?
"My dog died out of the blue."
I am trying to say "My dog unexpectedly passed away."
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Very broadly speaking, the idea with 'out of the blue' is that something happens unexpectedly. But I think there is also a sense that something comes or arrives. It sounds OK to say eg Out of the blue, I got a letter from my high school sweetheart.
- Very broadly speaking, the idea with 'out of the blue' is that something happens unexpectedly.
- But I think there is also a sense that something comes or arrives.
- It sounds OK to say eg Out of the blue, I got a letter from my high school sweetheart.
- It doesn't sound OK to say eg Out of the blue, I fell and broke my leg.
- Your example of My dog died out of the blue doesn't sound quite right to me.
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Very broadly speaking, the idea with 'out of the blue' is that something happens unexpectedly.
But I think there is also a sense that something comes or arrives.
It sounds OK to say eg Out of the blue, I got a letter from my high school sweetheart.
It doesn't sound OK to say eg Out of the blue, I fell and broke my leg.
Your example of My dog died
0My dog just up and died. (Colloquial)
I think "out of the blue" requires an element of surprise as well.
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