wouldn't you know ?

wouldn't you know ?
wouldn't you know (it)?
informal
— used to say that something annoying that has happened is the kind of thing that often happens

I was running late and–wouldn't you know?–I rushed off without my purse.

“He's late again.” “Wouldn't you know it?!”

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