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From the given options, select the one that rightly explains the given expression:

A bolt from the blue

(1) An unexpected and sudden event

(2) A delayed event

(3) A very pleasant but bluish event

(4) Long attainted event

Solution

Correct Option: 1

The idiom a bolt from the blue refers to an event that is completely unexpected and sudden, like lightning from a clear blue sky. Hence the correct answer is an unexpected and sudden event.

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