Directions : In the following question, three statements are given with an idiom highlighted in bold. You have to select the answer choice that has the combination of statements in which the idiom or phrase has been correctly used.  I. To much of the global community, the events of September 2001 came like a bolt out of the blue .
II. Air pollution cuts the mustard , reducing the capacity to earn a living when alive.
III. The current trend might just be the calm before the storm while new powers rise up to become strong enough to eventually challenge the existing world order.