(that's) news to (you)

something that you did not know.

You say the jury found him guilty? That's news to me.

The boss said it was news to him that some of the employees had shredded documents.

Usage notes: usually said about something that surprises you

• the devil take the hindmost
• the dice are loaded against
• the dice are loaded against someone
• the die is cast
• the dog days
• the done thing
• the dreaded lurgy
• the dust settles
• the early bird catches the worm.
• the earth moved
• the ebb and flow
• the ebb and flow of
• the ebb and flow of something
• the end justifies the means.
• the end of the line
• the end of the road
• the eye of the storm
• the factory floor
• the facts of life
• the fag-end of
• the fag-end of something
• the fairer sex
• the fair sex
• the fat is in the fire
• the feathers fly