Alternative forms
- who'd'a' thunk it
- who would have thunk it
Phrase
who'd have thunk it
- (set phrase, sometimes sarcastic, used to express incredulity) Who would have thought that would happen?; Who would have guessed it?
- 1895, W. S. B. Mathews, Music, Volume 8[1], page 479:
- ... and then went home and wrote sonnets to his lady love. "Who'd have thunk it of 'im?
- 1906, D. Appleton, Captain of the crew[2], page 147:
- "... He's twice the size he was when you got him!"
"It's a way puppies have."
"You don't say so? Who'd have thunk it? ..."
Translations
Who would have thought that would happen?
- Russian: кто бы мог подумать (ru) (kto by mog podumatʹ)
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- Serbo-Croatian: ко б' рек'о (sh) (ko b' rek'o)
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