"expect the unexpected" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: expects the unexpected [present, singular, third-person], expecting the unexpected [participle, present], expected the unexpected [participle, past], expected the unexpected [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} expect the unexpected (third-person singular simple present expects the unexpected, present participle expecting the unexpected, simple past and past participle expected the unexpected)
  1. Do not be surprised by unusual events. Anything might happen. Related terms: pigs might fly Translations (Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen): تَوَقَّعَ مَا هُوَ غَيْر مُتَوَقَّع (tawaqqaʕa mā huwa ḡayr mutawaqqaʕ) (Arabic), yllätyksiin pitää varautua (Finnish), अप्रत्याशित की उम्मीद (apratyāśit kī ummīd) (Hindi), néha még a kapanyél is elsül (Hungarian), 予想外を期待する (Yosō-gai o kitai suru) (Japanese), 의외를 예상하는 (uioereul yesanghaneun) (Korean), wszystko może się zdarzyć (Polish), förutse det oförutsedda (Swedish)
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          "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
          "word": "予想外を期待する"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "uioereul yesanghaneun",
          "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
          "word": "의외를 예상하는"
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          "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
          "word": "wszystko może się zdarzyć"
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          "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
          "word": "förutse det oförutsedda"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "roman": "apratyāśit kī ummīd",
      "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
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      "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
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      "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
      "word": "予想外を期待する"
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      "sense": "Not be surprised by the usual events. Anything might happen",
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      "word": "wszystko może się zdarzyć"
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