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out of blue

French translation: tu me remontes le moral

08:38 Oct 21, 2001
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary
English term or phrase: out of blue
you take me out of blue
son
French translation:tu me remontes le moral
Explanation:
blues means low, depressed and remonter means to lift, as in lifting spirits

if your sentence is: out of the blue, then it means off-guard, : "tu me surprends"

If more formal or several people: vous instead of tu
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JH Trads
United States
Local time: 06:38
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2tu me remontes le moral
JH Trads
4 +1tu me prends au dépourvu
DPolice
4tu me prends au depourvu/ tu me surprends/tu metonnes
yacine


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tu me remontes le moral


Explanation:
blues means low, depressed and remonter means to lift, as in lifting spirits

if your sentence is: out of the blue, then it means off-guard, : "tu me surprends"

If more formal or several people: vous instead of tu

JH Trads
United States
Local time: 06:38
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 1109
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Guereau
59 mins
  -> merci Frédéric
agree  TransHispania
10 hrs
  -> merci
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tu me prends au dépourvu


Explanation:
if the phrase is "out of the blue"


DPolice
Local time: 12:38
PRO pts in pair: 779

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Abu Amaal (X): I'd guess the source wasn't thinking in English to begin with, but this could be what was meant
1 hr
agree  bbadria (X)
1 day 9 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tu me prends au depourvu/ tu me surprends/tu metonnes


Explanation:
blues is not blue
blue is the colour
blues is depression, unhappiness
out of the blues = tout d'un coup, par surprise, soudainement etc
Yacine


yacine
Local time: 12:38
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 157
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