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verb

tomber du ciel

/tɔ̃.be dy sjɛl/

verb/tɔ̃.be dy sjɛl/

to fall into someone's lap, to be a godsend; to come out of nowhere

L'argent ne tombe pas du ciel.Money doesn't grow on trees.

Literally, “to fall from the sky”. Compare Italian piovere dal cielo, English out of the blue.