I never saw that coming

Italian translation: ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato

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English term or phrase:	I never saw that coming
Italian translation:	ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato
Entered by:	Danila Moro

14:43 Nov 25, 2014

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Medical - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / storia della psichiatria - postfazione all'edizione riveduta

English term or phrase: I never saw that coming

Antipsychotics have always been known to be extremely problematic, their side effects so pronounced that it made sense to prescribe them only to the seriously mentally ill, and yet the storytelling partnership managed to turn them into bestsellers. I was clearly pessimistic about what the future would bring when I wrote the epilogue, but * I never saw that coming*.
Yet, today I am slightly more optimistic about the future. Our so¬ciety is becoming at least a little bit open to the possibility of trying something different, and the primary reason for that is that society hasn’t seen that antipsychotics truly help people recover and lead full lives.

Danila Moro KudoZ activity Questions: 1336 (none open) (30 without valid answers) (149 closed without grading) Answers: 8568 Italy
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ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato

Explanation:
O "non mi sarei mai aspettato una cosa simile/un simile epilogo", o simili.

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Treno! ;-)

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Mirko Mainardi
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Local time: 02:40

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merci :)
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ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato

Mirko Mainardi

ma questo mi ha colto di sorpresa

Sofia Dervisi

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i never saw that coming ma questo mi ha colto di sorpresa

Explanation:
...ma questo mi ha (veramente) colto di sorpresa.

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Sofia Dervisi
Italy
Local time: 02:40
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Greek

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but i never saw that coming

ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato

Mirko Mainardi
Italy
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 44

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merci :)

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