if it isn't

English

Etymology

Shortened from if it isn't ___, I'll eat my hat! or similar construction.

Phrase

if it isn't... (past tense if it wasn't)

  1. Observes, with some surprise, that a specified thing or person is present.
    Why, if it isn't Bill! Come on in, Bill!

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