come as no surprise
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.
- 2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Kavanaugh:
- Given those two points, it comes as no surprise that Miller declined to characterize permanent incorrigibility as such an eligibility criterion.
- 2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Kavanaugh:
Further reading[edit]
- “come as no surprise”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.