lo and behold!

lo and behold!
шутл.
подумать только!, ну и ну!, вот чудеса!; вот поди ж ты! (восклицание, выражающее удивление)

First I thought it was there, in front of the bottom shelf. Then when I went, I thought I couldn't have made any, because it wasn't there. And then - lo and behold - it was there all the time, right at the back of the second shelf. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Angel Pavement’, ch. II) — Сначала я вообразила, что подливка стоит на нижней полке. Прихожу в кухню, ищу на полке - нет. Ну, думаю, наверное, я забыла ее приготовить. А она, оказывается, стоит себе преспокойно в углу на второй полке.

Stanley: "I've been on to you from the start. Not once did you pull any wool over this boy's eyes! You come in here and sprinkle the place with powder and spray perfume and cover the light-bulb with a paper lantern, and lo and behold the place has turned into Egypt and you are the Queen of the Nile!" (T. Williams, ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, sc. X) — Стэнли: "Ну, я вас с самого начала раскусил! Сколько раз вам удавалось обвести этого чудака вокруг пальца! Приехала, засыпала все в доме пудрой, забрызгала духами, напялила на лампочку бумажный фонарик. Глядите и удивляйтесь - ну чем не Египет, чем не королева Нила!"

But lo and behold - the ex-champion has been beaten by an average batsman. — И что же! Экс-чемпион потерпел поражение от рядового игрока в крикет.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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