Lo and behold!

Lo and behold!
Lo and behold!
Cliché Look here!; Thus! (An expression of surprise.) •

Lo and behold! There is Fred! He beat us here by taking a shortcut.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • lo and behold — interjection used to express wonder or surprise there, lo and behold, in the window … was a ‘To Let’ board A.P.Herbert * * * lo and behold (often facetious) Used to signal a startling revelation • • • Main Entry: ↑lo * * * lo and behold often… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • lo and behold — suddenly, look, out of the blue, wonder of wonders    We were standing there when, lo and behold, a fish fell out of the sky and flopped around on the ground! …   English idioms

  • lo and behold — humorous something that you say when you tell someone about something surprising that happened. I went into a bar just next to our hotel and, lo and behold, who should I see sitting there but Jim Gibson …   New idioms dictionary

  • lo and behold! —    This term is used to express surprise, especially at a sudden or unexpected appearance.     I was watering the flowers when, lo and behold, there was the watch I d lost! …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • lo and behold — This phrase is used to express surprise …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • lo and behold — often humorous used for introducing something surprising that you are about to tell or show someone He put her out of his mind. Then, lo and behold, months later, she turned up again …   English dictionary

  • lo and behold — ► lo and behold used to present a new scene or situation. Main Entry: ↑lo …   English terms dictionary

  • AND BEHOLD — …   Useful english dictionary

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  • lo and behold — interjection Date: 1808 used to express wonder or surprise …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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