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Naughty Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

What is the origin of A bolt from the blue.

Hi everyone,

Could u tell me what is the origin of the idiom : A bolt from the blue.

Thanks.
  

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Have a look here, Naughty. I may be the begining of an explanation. com/topic/a-bolt-from-the-blue

— Pieanne

  • Have a look here, Naughty.
  • I may be the begining of an explanation.
  • com/topic/a-bolt-from-the-blue
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Have a look here, Naughty. I may be the begining of an explanation. http://www.answers.com/topic/a-bolt-from-the-blue
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Hi,

Yes, although the site referenced talks about 'lightning or thunder'. A tighter definition is that a 'bolt' refers to lightning.

Clive
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Hi everyone,

Thanks for helping me I am once again gonna put a question

Could anybody tell me some Ipressive Sentences to be used in Essay Writing.

for example : " To be or not to be "

Thanks and regards.
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Hi,

If you use someone else's impressive sentence, it is called 'a quotation'. You can find lots of these if you google 'famous quotations'. The hard part is finding a quotation that fits nicely into what you are talking about in your essay, and illustrates your meaning.

For example, you shouldn't use 'To be or not to be' unles you understand what Shakespeare is talking about, a
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