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Last time I used the idiom "out of the blue". Are you familiar with the expression? If something happens "out of the blue", it's completely unexpected; it happens suddenly or without warning.

People love to use idioms and proverbs when they give a speech or presentation. And when my client use one in a business meeting, as an interpreter, I must recognize it and come up with a similar expression in Japanese, instantly.

A little while ago, I was translating for a group of business people from the US and one of the gentlemen said in a meeting, "You don't want to throw the baby out with the bathwater". This is a very popular English proverb. And here's a question for you: What Japanese equivalent did I use to deliver the same message? To find the answer, come visit our website.

For now, let's practice the phrase together. Please repeat after me:

It came to me out of the blue.