of all people/things/places
used to express the idea that a particular person/thing/place is unlikely or surprising:
Donna, of all people, is the last one I'd expect to see at the gym.
And why did you choose Iceland for a holiday, of all places?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Expressions of surprise
- accha
- achha
- actually
- believe
- biscuit
- heaven
- I declare idiom
- I'll be a monkey's uncle! idiom
- I'll be blowed! idiom
- I'll be jiggered idiom
- it's a wonder idiom
- shit
- shock
- strangely
- strangely enough idiom
- strewth
- surely
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- ye
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