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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

who would have thought it en · X

Meanings

  1. A rhetorical question used to express incredulity or surprise: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
    • "Who would have thought it, James?" he remarked at length. "Great Scot! I shall have to get a partner." 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
    • 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.

Synonyms

who would have thunk it