lightning bolt
fulmini
FOOL-mee-neh
Expression: 'un fulmine a ciel sereno' = a bolt from the blue (unexpected event). 'Fulminare' = to strike with lightning.
Un fulmine ha colpito il campanile della chiesa.
A lightning bolt struck the church bell tower.
È arrivato come un fulmine a ciel sereno.
He arrived like a bolt from the blue.