| 词汇 | of all things |
| 释义 | Idiom of all things Theme: SURPRISE Can you imagine?; Imagine that! (Folksy.)She wore jeans to the dance. Of all things!Billy, stop eating the houseplant! Of all things! Idiom of all things surprisingly.The biggest change in the band came when Dee Dee left in 1989 to become, of all things, a rapper. Related vocabulary: of all people, of all placesof all thingsOf all the possibilities (this is the most surprising or unlikely). When he retired, he took up painting, of all things. He had never even picked up a paintbrush before that! After spending his childhood in and out of detention centers, he became, of all things, a cop. Of all things!Can you imagine?; Imagine that! (Usually said about something very strange.) She wore jeans to the dance. Of all things! Billy, stop eating the houseplant! Of all things! of all thingsFrom all the possibilities, as in I said I'd help in any way I can, and of all things they want me to handle publicity. This term, generally expressing surprise, was first recorded in 1925. of ˈall people/places/thingsused to emphasize that the person/place/thing is the most or least likely in the circumstances: You of all people should be sympathetic, having just had a similar accident yourself.If it’s a rest they need, then why go to New York of all places? |
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