Everyday English
of all places
emphasising a surprising place
Used after naming a place to show that it is surprising or unexpected.
Hear it in real life
Where did you see your cousin?
At the airport, of all places.
I bumped into my old teacher in the supermarket, of all places.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I met her at a bus stop, in all places.
Say: I met her at a bus stop, of all places.
Use the fixed expression "of all places," not "in all places," to highlight a surprising location.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
at/in [place], of all places; from [place], of all places
Your turn: say it out loud
I bumped into my old teacher in the supermarket, of all places.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
of all places
emphasising a surprising place
“I bumped into my old teacher in the supermarket, of all places.”
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