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who would have thunk it
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Phrase
colloquial
sarcastic
sometimes
Japanese Meaning
（皮肉を込めた）思いがけない結果や状況に対して、誰がそんなことを予想しただろうという驚きや不信感を表す表現 / 予想外の展開に対する、信じがたいというニュアンスを伴った疑問表現
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(colloquial, sometimes sarcastic) A rhetorical question used to express incredulity: who would have guessed it?; who would have thought that would happen?
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who would have thunk it
I never expected the tiny startup to buy that huge corporation, who would have thunk it
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I never expected the tiny startup to buy that huge corporation, who would have thunk it
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