Definition of wouldn't you know it?
informal
—used to say that something annoying that has happened is the kind of thing that often happens I was running late and—wouldn't you know?—I rushed off without my purse."He's late again." "Wouldn't you know it?!"
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“Wouldn't you know it?.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wouldn%27t%20you%20know%20it%3F. Accessed 23 Oct. 2021.
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