imagine that
Well, who knew
Imagine that is an exclamation expressing mild surprise or feigned astonishment, often with a note of sarcasm: So he finally showed up on time—imagine that.
It invites the listener to consider something unexpected or ironic, though the speaker usually finds it entirely predictable.
Sometimes used genuinely when learning something surprising: They've been married forty years. Imagine that.
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- pretendAct as though
- pictureVisual depiction of something
- envisionPicture in thought
- fantasizeIndulge in wishful thinking
daydream · conceive · creative thinking · visualize · dream · dream up · flight of fancy · what if · hypothetical · fancy · conjure · believe · make-believe · scenario · wishful · wonder · possibility · thought experiment
- sarcasmyeah right, oh please, as if, oh really, how original
- exclamationsoh, yes, no, wow, hey
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- rhetorical questionswhy me, why bother, who knows, who cares, so what
- Schadenfreudeserves you right, boo hoo, world's smallest violin, cry me a river, just desserts
imagine thatunbelievable
Impossible to accept as true
no way · you're kidding · oh my God · holy cow · seriously
imagine thatof course
Expression of obvious agreement
obviously · naturally · what else is new · as expected · predictably
imagine thatagainst all odds
Despite extreme improbability
bolt from the blue · blindsided · caught off guard · unprecedented · plot twist
imagine, that, image, imagery, imagination, imaginative, imaginatively, imaginary, imaginable