who'd have thunk it

English

Alternative forms

who'd'a' thought it
who'd'a' thunk it
who would have thought it
who would have thunk it

Phrase

who'd have thunk it

(rhetorical question, colloquial, 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, 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, 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?

Dutch: wie had dat gedacht?
French: qui l'eût cru ?
German: wer hätte das gedacht?
Greek: ποιος θα το πίστευε (poios tha to písteve);
Italian: chi l'avrebbe detto?, chi l'avrebbe mai detto?
Polish: kto by pomyślał?

Portuguese: quem diria?
Russian: кто бы мог поду́мать (kto by mog podúmatʹ)?
Serbo-Croatian: ко б' рек'о (ko b' rek'o)?
Spanish: ¿quién lo hubiera dicho?, ¿quién lo hubiera pensado?
Vietnamese: ai dè (vi)?

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