come as no surprise

Verb

Meaning

come as no surprise (third-person singular simple present comes as no surprise, present participle coming as no surprise, simple past came as no surprise, past participle come as no surprise)

(set phrase) To not be surprising; to be expected.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Antonyms

spring up

Examples

It will come as no surprise to those of you in the book trade when I say that although books do not cause cancer, books in general do not sell as well as cigarettes. Gene Wolfe

It should come as no surprise that President Obama will raise taxes if he is reelected. But here's the shocker: he will invite the United Nations to tax Americans directly. And the proceeds would go directly to the Third World. Dick Morris

Our society is not perfect and this will come as no surprise to many of you. Barbara Amiel

I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say. Teresa Heinz

AMMAN – It should come as no surprise that the proposed US peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians bears all the hallmarks of a real-estate transaction. Source: Internet

Given its longstanding record of resonance at radio, it should come as no surprise that Maroon 5’s “Nobody’s Love” received a warm welcome at the pop and hot adult contemporary formats. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

come around to come as expected come as far as come as planned come ashore come at