of all people

Meaning

1. Oxford70% of films

   when you say of all people, you are emphasizing that sb is the person you would most or least expect to do sth

2. Oxford30% of films

   used to express surprise because sb / sth seems the least likely person, example, etc.

In the movies · 16

• You, of all people, should not have brought that up.The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
• Then why did you do it? You of all people?The Letter1940
• I, of all people, know that it's always personal.The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 22015
• And with who, of all people?Whatever Works2009
• Surely, you of all people understand that.The Incredibles2004
• Of all people, Florence, I thought you'd want this.The House with a Clock in Its Walls2018
• No way. Pam Gluckin, of all people?Bad Education2019
• You, of all people, should know that.The Art of Racing in the Rain2019

Learn it in full scenes

• The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
  • Lucy Leaves Her In-Laws' House
  • Lucy Insists on Gull Cottage
  • Lucy Rents the Haunted House
• The Letter1940
  • Leslie Confesses After the Shooting
  • Leslie Recounts the Night Hammond Died
  • Leslie Describes Shooting Hammond
• Whatever Works2009
  • Boris Breaks the Fourth Wall
  • Boris Panics and Jumps Out the Window
  • Boris Takes Melodie In

From the same entry

• people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• a man of the people
• be all things to all men

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• that will do
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• i promise you
• beat hell out of
• take it
• go from bad to worse
• go the extra mile
• in effect
• it's not rocket science
• lie through your teeth
• show the ropes