what do you know, (well)
what do you know, (well)
What a surprise. This expression, which often precedes an ironic announcement of some kind, has been around since the turn of the twentieth century. Robert Benchley used it in his “Watching a Spring Planting” (in Love Conquers All, 1923): “Hey, what do you know? Steve here thinks he’s going to get some corn up in this soil!”
See also: what
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- hard/tough act to follow
- guess what
- Guess what!
- God's gift to the world
- the pits, (it's)
- come on board
- go while the going is good
- get a kick out of (something/someone), to
- at this juncture/moment/point in time
- egg in your beer, what do you want?