of all people

idiom

—used to emphasize that a specified person is the person one most or least expect to do or know something

You, of all people, should know the answer to this.

My best friend, of all people, betrayed me.

Examples of of all people in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This way to pass the time dates back to the 1880s, just a few years after the phone was invented, and started with an undertaker, of all people, getting called to fetch the dead body of a not-so-dead woman. —Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026

Bailey, of all people, has the correct read on the situation. —Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026

More than half of all people will experience a psychiatric disorder in their lifetime, research shows. —Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026

Decades of mistrust and systematic exclusion in clinical trials will require long-term relationships with communities and community leaders and a consistent presence that reflects a genuine commitment to ensuring representation of all people in clinical trials. —Yehoda Martei, STAT, 27 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for of all people

• craftspeople
• laypeople
• salespeople
• townspeople
• tradespeople
• workpeople
• businesspeople
• steeple