tout à coup
Meanings
Adverb
1. all of a sudden, out of the blue
Examples45
Mais tout à coup, le coq gaulois claironne: Cocorico, debout petits soldats!
But out of the blue, the Gallic rooster trumpets: cock-a-doodle-do, arise little soldiers!
Tout à coup, Tom et moi étions seuls.
All of a sudden, Tom and I were alone.
Ma tête s'est tout à coup mise à tourner.
I suddenly became dizzy.
Ma tête s'est tout à coup mise à me tourner.
I suddenly became dizzy.
Il prit tout à coup la parole.
All at once, he spoke out.
Tout à coup, il m'a demandée en mariage.
All of a sudden, he proposed to me.