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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Surprise, surprise, surprise for the people and the vermin during Friday’s state inspection of a West Miami-Dade sports bar and restaurant.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Nov. 2025
Stray Arrows • The episode concludes by introducing Leo Bonhart, a major new villain played by District 9’s Sharlto Copley, who (surprise, surprise) also wants to find Ciri.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The downside to such an amazingly thin phone is—surprise, surprise—battery life.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 10 July 2025
After all, there’s a whole lot of—surprise, surprise—misinformation and disinformation out there about wildfires that’s been spreading like, well, wildfire.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Blue Monday Arose As A Marketing Gimmick Well, surprise, surprise, the answer is not really.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Iowa has the fewest symbols of any state, only four, whereas Texas—surprise, surprise—has the most: seventy and counting.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 18 Nov. 2025
Stray Arrows • The episode concludes by introducing Leo Bonhart, a major new villain played by District 9’s Sharlto Copley, who (surprise, surprise) also wants to find Ciri.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
The downside to such an amazingly thin phone is—surprise, surprise—battery life.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 10 July 2025
After all, there’s a whole lot of—surprise, surprise—misinformation and disinformation out there about wildfires that’s been spreading like, well, wildfire.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Blue Monday Arose As A Marketing Gimmick Well, surprise, surprise, the answer is not really.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
Iowa has the fewest symbols of any state, only four, whereas Texas—surprise, surprise—has the most: seventy and counting.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2024
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“Surprise, surprise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/surprise%2C%20surprise. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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