of all things

idiom

—used to emphasize that the thing one is referring to is the thing one would least expect

The coach is making the entire football team take, of all things, ballet classes.

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Also known as the Lord of the Underworld, Pluto is the planet of power, transformation, regeneration and the shadow side of all things. —

Valerie Mesa, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025 Oracle’s Larry Ellison, who by his young appearance at the age of 80 might do well as a spokesman for the fountain of youth, did make some eloquent statements about training for drug discovery, of all things. —

R. Scott Raynovich, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025 And the time for them is right, what with the current love of all things from the turn of the millennium. —

Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025 The appeal of all things Whalers is going be commemorated at the 50th year anniversary celebration this weekend. —

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