who would have thought it

who would have thought it

English

Phrase

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?

   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."

Translations

who would have guessed it? — See also translations at who would have thunk it

Hungarian: ki gondolta volna?, ki hitte volna? Ukrainian: хто б міг поду́мати? (xto b mih podúmaty?)