"of all things" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-of all things.ogg
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  1. (idiomatic) Especially; more than other things. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: of all, of all people, of all places Translations (more than other things, especially, exactly (that thing)): 偏偏 (piānpiān) (Chinese Mandarin), よりによって (yori ni yotte) (Japanese), 事もあろうに (koto mo arō ni) (alt: こともあろうに) (Japanese), akurat (Polish), и́менно (ímenno) (english: namely, exactly) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-of_all_things-en-prep_phrase-insTWKVj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of 'more than other things, especially, exactly (that thing)': 100 0
  2. (idiomatic, often used as a sentence adverb) Surprisingly. Tags: idiomatic, often Translations (Surprisingly): ausgerechnet (German), кто бы мог поду́мать (kto by mog podúmatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-of_all_things-en-prep_phrase-81Cv9xLh Disambiguation of 'Surprisingly': 0 100
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