English / idiom
Out of Left Field
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Completely unexpected, astonishing, bizarre, or coming from an unpredicted source.
In context
01
The sudden guilty verdict came out of left field and stunned the defendant's entourage.
02
When moral consequence catches up with dishonest operators, it often strikes out of left field.
Synonyms
unexpected,unprecedented,unprompted
Antonyms
predictable,anticipated,expected
Collocations
come out of left field,question out of left field,decision out of left field