who would have thought it

English

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who would have thought it

  1. A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
    I'm surprised you didn't like the movie, who'd've thought it? I'd've thought it was just your kind of thing.
    Synonym: (colloquial) who would have thunk it
    • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
      "Who would have thought it, James?" he remarked at length. "Great Scot! I shall have to get a partner."

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