turn up for the book

Meaning: (idiomatic)A veryunexpected, usually pleasant,surprise.1987, Edward Dryhurst,Gilt Off the Gingerbread,→OCLC:Her mother kept well away from us, which was aturn up for the book, and for the time being at any rate, I was a model husband.2000March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, inThe Guardian‎[1],→ISSN:What aturn 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.2011, Michael Frayn,My Father's Fortune: A Life,→ISBN, page104:All theseturn ups for the bookhad lasting consequences.2013, David Stuart Davies,A Taste for Blood,→ISBN:'Well, boyo, this is aturn 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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EN: This is a real turn up for the book, eh?
ES: Menudo giro inesperado, ¿eh?

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