aus allen Wolken fallen

German

Etymology

Literally, “to fall from all the clouds”. Compare Italian cadere dalle nuvole, Spanish caer de las nubes, French tomber des nues.

Pronunciation

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Verb

aus allen Wolken fallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present fällt aus allen Wolken, past tense fiel aus allen Wolken, past participle aus allen Wolken gefallen, auxiliary sein)

  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to be flabbergasted
    Synonym: aus allen Himmeln fallen
    Ich fiel aus allen Wolken, als ich vom Testergebnis erfuhr.
    I was flabbergasted when I found out about the test results.

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