Meaning of turn up for the book | Babel Free

Definitions

A very unexpected, usually pleasant, surprise.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Her mother kept well away from us, which was a turn up for the book, and for the time being at any rate, I was a model husband.”

“What a turn up for the book. After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.”

“All these turn ups for the book had lasting consequences.”

“'Well, boyo, this is a turn up for the book,' observed my friend David Llewellyn without a trace of irony. 'I never expected to wind up in a hospital bed next to you.'π”

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