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why am I not surprised

why am I not surprised phrase: expressing resignation in the face of a bad outcome that was plausible or inevitable.

Phrase

why am I not surprised?

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial) Expressing resignation in the face of a bad outcome that was plausible or inevitable.

Questions about why am I not surprised

What does why am I not surprised mean?
Why am I not surprised means expressing resignation in the face of a bad outcome that was plausible or inevitable.
What part of speech is why am I not surprised?
Why am I not surprised is a phrase.

Words near why am I not surprised in the dictionary

  1. whuzzit
  2. WHV
  3. whves
  4. whvs
  5. why
  6. why am I not surprised
  7. why and wherefore
  8. why aye
  9. why buy a book when you can join a library
  10. why buy a book when you can join the library
  11. why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free

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