surprise, surprise
idiom
informal
—used to say in a joking or ironic way that something is not surprising at all
"She's going to be late again." "Surprise, surprise."
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But surprise, surprise: there’s a stunning route that’s actually near two hotels, Anatara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort and Alila Jabal Akhdar hotel, located 6,500 feet high in Jabal Shams, the tallest peak in Oman.
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Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2024
Besides the raucous, de rigueur action sequences, Transformers One provides numerous witty jokes of both the verbal and visual variety and — surprise, surprise — genuine emotion.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
That number was still, surprise, surprise, lower than the number for men (89%).
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Catch up fast: Nvidia was the headliner yesterday (surprise, surprise), falling over 9% in what was the biggest one-day loss of market value ($279 billion) of any single stock on record.
—Pete Gannon, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
Spring is springing, mercury retrograde is retrograding, and the R29 shopping team is — surprise, surprise — shopping.
—Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024
So, surprise, surprise, but Minions are the lords of Independence Day.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 July 2024
Unfortunately, just after this step in the right direction, he’s hit with a bit of whiplash as — surprise, surprise!
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
And it’s turned out, surprise, surprise, that rock ’n’ roll is really good at dealing with the difficulties of aging.
—Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
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Kathleen Rellihan, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2024
Besides the raucous, de rigueur action sequences, Transformers One provides numerous witty jokes of both the verbal and visual variety and — surprise, surprise — genuine emotion.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
That number was still, surprise, surprise, lower than the number for men (89%).
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Catch up fast: Nvidia was the headliner yesterday (surprise, surprise), falling over 9% in what was the biggest one-day loss of market value ($279 billion) of any single stock on record.
—Pete Gannon, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
Spring is springing, mercury retrograde is retrograding, and the R29 shopping team is — surprise, surprise — shopping.
—Esther Newman, refinery29.com, 18 Mar. 2024
So, surprise, surprise, but Minions are the lords of Independence Day.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 3 July 2024
Unfortunately, just after this step in the right direction, he’s hit with a bit of whiplash as — surprise, surprise!
—Marah Eakin, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
And it’s turned out, surprise, surprise, that rock ’n’ roll is really good at dealing with the difficulties of aging.
—Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
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“Surprise, surprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprise%2C%20surprise. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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