of all things
idiom
—used to emphasize that the thing one is referring to is the thing one would least expect
The coach is making the entire football team take, of all things, ballet classes.
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Frazon’s Bricks & Minfigs location, which opened at the end of last year at 1201 NE Rice Road, offers a wide variety of all things Lego.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
An influencer of all things health, wellness, and girl power hires the young and lost Harper Cruz to join her team in Music City.
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Henderson leaves behind a 30-plus-year career as a collector of all things Philly sports.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
An influencer of all things health, wellness, and girl power hires the young and lost Harper Cruz to join her team in Music City.
—Amanda Favazza, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
But what does some scientist know about eating fruit, of all things, when your hamstring feels like it’s being fiddled by Satan?
—Dan England, Outside, 5 Feb. 2026
Henderson leaves behind a 30-plus-year career as a collector of all things Philly sports.
—Joe Holden, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Of all things.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20all%20things. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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