the next thing I knew
informalC2 used to talk about part of a story that happens in a sudden and surprising way:
A car came speeding around the corner, and the next thing I knew I was lying on the ground.
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
- stone the crows! idiom
- strangely
- strangely enough idiom
- strewth
- surely
- surprise, surprise idiom
- ye
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