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

About 15 to 25 percent of all people have one copy of APOE4, and 2 to 5 percent have two copies. —Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Sep. 2025

This is extremely rare, as just 4% of all people released before trial last year in the nation's capital were accused of violent crimes, says Alex Koma of NPR network station WAMU. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 Aug. 2025

There’s an earthy savagery at the heart of Eden that consumes not just the people onscreen but the people in the audience, too; our own bloodlust is provoked, as if to prove the point that there’s something rotten lurking in the hearts of all people. —Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2025

Moody, of all people, uplifted the 49ers’ mood and got mobbed by joyous teammates for his winning finish. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for of all people

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