A: The trouble is not that. It is that he may suddenly remember something I promised him a couple of weeks ago, out of a clear blue sky. Then he complains that I have gone back on my words.
麻烦不在这儿，而在于他突然出人意料地想起两三周前我对他的承诺。然后就抱怨我言而无信。
B: Does he do that with his Dad? I mean, does he complain things to his father?
对他爸爸也这样吗？我是说他向他爸爸抱怨吗？
A: He never does, and in fact, he seldom communicates with him.
从不，事实上是他几乎不和他交谈。
B: But didn’t you say that his Dad takes him under his wings？
但是你不是说他的爸爸总是宠着他吗？
A: Yes, I did. He only takes side with him. He seldom asks what Dick is doing.
对，我是这样说的。不过他只是偏袒迪克，而很少过问他在干什么。
地道表达：
out of a clear blue sky
解词释义：
此语的字面意思是“从晴朗的蓝色天空中突然出现”，比喻为“在毫无预兆，事先没有打招呼的情况下突然发生”。其英文解释如下：if something happens out of the blue, it happens suddenly and you are not expecting it，它作为副词性短语。
支持范例：
Then one day, completely out of a clear blue sky , I had a letter from her.
后来有一天我突然接到她的一封来信。
The invasion came out of a clear blue sky and caught everyone off guard.
入侵突然袭来，弄得每个人措手不及。
拓展讲解：
此语也可以用作out of the blue。
支持范例：
The news was a great shock to me; it came absolutely out of the blue.
这个消息，对我是一个很大的打击，简直太突如其来了。
Jim was walking along the street, when a car came out of the blue and hit him.
吉姆在街上行走，冷不防一辆车闯出来，把他撞倒在地。
She arrived out of the blue.
她没有事先告知就来了。
The news of her marriage came out of the blue.
她结婚的消息来得很突然。
