And my winning ride came out of the blue; you can often win when you are least expecting to. One night, out of the blue, he knocked on my door. One day, out of the blue, he called me. One day, out of the blue, his wife told him that she was no longer in love with him.
Accordingly, is out of the blue informal?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishout of the blueout of the blueinformal if something happens out of the blue, it is very unexpected → a bolt from/out of the blue → blueExamples from the Corpusout of the blue• Out of the blue, he asked me to come with him to Europe.
Likewise, people ask, what is out of the blue moon?
To do something “once in a blue moon” is to do it very rarely: “That company puts on a good performance only once in a blue moon.” The phrase refers to the appearance of a second full moon within a calendar month, which actually happens about every thirty-two months. QUIZ YOURSELF ON “ITS” VS.