out of nowhere
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) In an unexpected or inexplicable manner of arrival or occurrence.
- 1906, Jack London, "Brown Wolf":
- It had been no easy matter when he first drifted in mysteriously out of nowhere to their little mountain cottage.
- 1916, P. G. Wodehouse, Uneasy Money, ch. 12:
- Mr Pickering's 'Hi!' came out of nowhere and hit him like a torpedo.
- 1906, Jack London, "Brown Wolf":
- German: aus heiterem Himmel
- Italian: dal nulla, come un fulmine a ciel sereno, all'improvviso, inaspettatamente
- Portuguese: do nada, da cartola
- Russian: отку́да ни возьми́сь
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