come as no surprise

English

Verb

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)

1. (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.

Further reading

• “come as no surprise”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.