Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

I never saw that coming

Italian translation:

ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato

Added to glossary by Danila Moro
Nov 25, 2014 14:43
9 yrs ago
English term

I never saw that coming

English to Italian Medical Idioms / Maxims / Sayings storia della psichiatria - postfazione all'edizione riveduta
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.
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English term (edited): but i never saw that coming
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ma questo non me lo sarei mai aspettato

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

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Note added at 2 days4 hrs (2014-11-27 19:13:07 GMT) Post-grading
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Treno! ;-)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci :)"
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ma questo mi ha colto di sorpresa

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

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