wouldn't you know

wouldn't you know

Can you believe it? I was skeptical that the store would accept my return without a receipt, but, wouldn't you know, they took it back!
See also: know
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • as we know it
  • I know
  • as you know
  • before you know where you are
  • by any chance
  • AFAIK
  • a closed book
  • closed book, a
  • before you know it
  • can't say as I do
References in periodicals archive
And, wouldn't you know, FCC Audio Division Chief Al Shuldiner has just issued a ruling on said translator.
When they gave the phone back, wouldn't you know it, it was loaded with their selfies-and a video message, too!
Billed as a session "for the homies," we got some heads and some "moochang" (money) and wouldn't you know it, Bust or Bail 2: The Ripper at Clipper was on.
But wouldn't you know it, this deal is going to come with strings attached.
Wouldn't you know it, Peter manages to say the one thing guaranteed to make her sit up and take notice: "I know you killed Tina and I'll take the blame for you."
And wouldn't you know, more often than not, this formula offers the right outcomes.
To date he and his five drinking buddies have visited 16,337 and, wouldn't you know it, they have a soft spot for Welsh boozers.
And wouldn't you know, but isn't The Count implicitly a character from the Yiddish stage?
and, wouldn't you know it, that krazy kardashian krew started the trend.
Sonia's returned for Bianca's hen night and, wouldn't you know it, she's brought her trumpet!
And wouldn't you know, when I came home in need of a nice hot bath, the gas boiler had given up the ghost.
And, wouldn't you know it: Just as the alternative plans were established, the power came back on at around 9:30 p.m.
Rather than attempt to argue why such injunctions and traditions were wrong or in need of change, we were inundated with cloying sentiment and nauseating treacle: the media produced endless tear-jerker "documentaries" about that sweet, nice homosexual couple who, wouldn't you know, live in everyone's community and are just like us except that their romantic desires were so cruelly thwarted by an "unjust" and "homophobic" society's denial of their "right" to marry.
As soon as the news broke, one of our consumers e-mailed us a "Wouldn't you know it!" message.
Wouldn't you know it, there he was behind me in the lunch line Friday afternoon.