Sentences with phrase «a bolt from the blue»

Then there are occasional bolts from the blue like 9/11, which in short order led us to spend multiple trillions on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and smaller involvements elsewhere.

I can only imagine one event that might help: a positive bolt from the blue, one that reduces government spending and raises government revenue.

(CNN)- The announcement of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI came as a bolt from the blue to the world but not a moment too soon for many Catholics.

Dr. DuBose said that God will not work in spite of us, but in us and through us; and often enough our problems about prayer are really caused by our assumption that prayer is answered by some bolt from the blue which contradicts everything that we have ever done, ever known, ever thought.

It is not a bolt from the blue, a moment of rare liberation for Catholic biblical scholars.

Of course, the bolt from the blue would be a Chinese buyer or another new entrant willing to part with $ 1 billion or more to get a foothold on the Australian market.

All the passion of this fixture was on display at Anfield earlier this season, when Steven Gerrard put the Reds ahead, only for Phil Jagialka's bolt from the blue to draw the visitors level.

For now, though, the guys over at Bolts from the Blue are going to sit back, wait on some draft news and monitor news on Turner's firing being official.

SB Nation's Chargers blog, Bolts From The Blue, is unhappy with how little heart the team showed on Sunday.

This is either a bolt from the blue, or it is the worst journalism I have ever seen.

It wasn't a bolt from the blue in Sept 2013.

We're now up to the Los Angeles Chargers, with the pick coming from Richard Wade of Bolts from the Blue.

It was a bolt from the blue.

Indeed, Pedro Obiang's opener was a bolt from the blue, a very similar effort to Sonny's that flew into the top corner from 30 yards.

Eder's goal in the 88th - minute was a bolt from the blue.

Arsenal in a way mirror how the blues were swept aside by the spud.The latter were more directand the 2nd goal was bolt from the blue.

While Chelsea are known for extravagant prices that they pay, this thing came out like a bolt from the blue.

From outgoing Greek Prime Minister Papandreou's torpedoing of the G20 by his «bolt from the blue» referendum call, swiftly withdrawn under outraged pressure from the Merkel - Sarkozy tandem, to Italy's Berlusconi teetering on the edge, then announcing he will resign and abandon his attempts to cling to power, to Sarkozy himself introducing larger than expected «austerity» cuts despite the upcoming presidential election in 2012 — politics is back.

It really was a bolt from the blue.

The first rule is that a reshuffle should «come as a complete surprise, preferably a bolt from the bluest of skies».

But some Tory MPs, who were only told of the plan last night, were angry and said it came as «a bolt from the blue».

Memories can fade, so it is worth reminding ourselves about the 2013 local elections because they show that what happened in the 2014 locals this week was not a bolt from the blue.

Mr Farage, speaking to ITV News Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship earlier on Tuesday, said that the news had come as a «bolt from the blue».

According to Joop Hovenier of the Free University in Amsterdam, the decision to cancel Venus Express came like a bolt from the blue.

Proof of the Higgs» existence will not arrive as a bolt from the blue — instead, it will emerge slowly from weeks or months of data analysis, allowing ample time for each tantalizing step to be documented on blogs.

As much as it seemed like a bolt from the blue, the UK spaceport plan is the result of a three - year review of spaceplanes and their potential by the UKSA, the Civil Aviation Authority and the Department for Transport.

But «Family Guy» isn't a bolt from the blue.

Randy Moore («Escape From Tomorrow») Every year, Sundance brings at least one bolt from the blue; a film that no one had really registered, but soon becomes one of the must - sees of the festival thanks to word of mouth.

In an era when the only 4 × 4 options were pickup trucks and Jeeps, this was a bolt from the blue.

Then the answer came like a bolt from the blue.

And lo, the Kindle came unto us in 2007, and the early adopters rejoiced, and the Big - Six - Now - Five gnashed their teeth, and thousands of authors had a psychedelic freakout because — like a bolt from the blue — there now existed a low - cost way to publish and sell their stories to a curious, engaged, and an (Almighty Bezos willing) ever - growing audience.

After ten years, it really was a bolt from the blue.

If you're lucky your name might come to you like a bolt from the blue.

He developed a Windows interpreter for IF games, Filfre; he began to write game reviews; and then, like a bolt from the blue, SPAG editor Paul O'Brian offered to hand the editorship of the magazine over to him.

A real bolt from the blue, right!?

Nigel Reynolds, «Tate's traditional Christmas tree is bolt from the blue», Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 13 December (illus)

/ Working in form near the end of its time / Shot its bolt from the blue.»

The simplicity and intensity of Klein's art is a bolt from the blue in this survey.

Hailed by some as a game - changing bolt from the blue and dismissed by others as too little too late, their announcement is the most visible test to date of a new set of rules that climate - change negotiators established in Warsaw last year — rules that began with one word that changed everything.

Google clearly provided a pop - up, which would warn the users about the new feature, but anyone who didn't care much to read the warning was taken by the bolt from the blue.

Just when the Chinese cryptocurrency market was trying to gain back its short term equilibrium after the 4th September news regarding ICO ban came another bolt from the blue which toppled the price of Bitcoin from $ 4679.97 to $ 4227.64 on 8th September.

In terms of surprises, it was a bit of a bolt from the blue (or should one say Android Green) when Xiaomi announced that its first dual camera device in India would be part of Google's Android One initiative.

Just when the Chinese cryptocurrency market was trying to gain back its short term equilibrium after the 4th September news regarding ICO ban came another bolt from the blue which toppled the price of Bitcoin...

Not exact matches

Later he is asked why he accepts Andrew Lansley's bolt - from - the - blue health reforms — a shock to all since they were not in the coalition agreement, and the coalition agreement in fact stipulates no top - down reforms.

In other words, not only is it hot enough to evaporate an igloo on Venus in milliseconds, but you could also get struck by a bolt from the not - so - blue skies.

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The other vehicle owned by GM is a 2009 Corvette ZR1 Blue Devil, which features a 7.0 - liter supercharged V8 that generates 650hp, will bolt from 0 to 60 mph in only 3.5 - seconds, and has a top speed of 215 mph.

The Google Nexus 4, the Google Nexus 5, the Motorola Moto G, and the OnePlus One; this 5.5 - inch bolt from out of the blue (well, China) joins an exclusive list of smartphones that offer an awful lot of smartphone for not a lot of money.

A structure of four wooden beams extending diagonally from a point on the floor frames a scattering of small multiples: melted or crumpled sheets of clear acrylic; blue resin casts of bell peppers; oversize screws and bolts laid out in parallel clusters.

NOAA is printed in the color blue featuring all capital letters and the front leg on the letter «N» is elongated and shaped in the form of a lightning bolt, and the second letter «A» is elongated with a red dot at the apex of the letter «A» and three concentric circles emanating from the dot (in the color red).