of all things
English
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) Especially; more than other things.
- (idiomatic, often used as a sentence adverb) Surprisingly.
- He reached into his pocket and pulled out, of all things, an ice cream cone.
- Well, of all things! Who would have expected him to propose to her on stage?
- 2009, David Walliams, Mr Stink:
- Mother went a little pale. “Preposterous!” she said. “I don’t know what’s got into you!” She fiddled with her bouffant, almost as if she was nervous. “Your father, in a rock band of all things! First that exercise book full of outrageous stories, and now this!”
Translations
more than other things, especially, exactly (that thing)
Surprisingly
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