one for the books
US UK a turn-up for the book(s)a surprising or unexpected event:
Well, that's one for the books - I never thought he'd get the job.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Surprising and shocking
- a blinding flash idiom
- a bolt from/out of the blue idiom
- amaze
- amazing
- astonish
- bolt
- breath
- dynamite
- earth-shattering
- expectation
- eye-opener
- faze
- revelation
- staggering
- startle
- startling
- sting
- stunning
- stupefy
- thunderbolt
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