としたことが

of all people, who would have thought?

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Structure

[noun (person)] + としたことが、[sentence]

Description

としたことが means "of all people": someone you would expect to be careful or competent has slipped up. It follows a noun for a person, very often わたくし私, and the sentence after it names the blunder.

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I, of all people, forgot the important documents.

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For a veteran like him to make such a basic mistake…

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Tanaka, careful as he is, forgot to lock the door!

About yourself it is self-reproach; about someone else it is surprise. The sentence usually ends on a word that carries that feeling: 〜～てしまった for regret, 〜～なんて or 〜～とは for disbelief. A modifier before the noun often says why the slip is surprising: あのしんちょう慎重な, ぷろプロの, べてらんベテランの.

The phrase sounds a little dramatic and old-fashioned. In everyday talk the self-reproaching わたくし私としたことが is the form you will hear most.

としたことが or としては

after a person means "as far as X is concerned" and introduces their view. としたことが introduces their mistake.

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For my part, I agree with this plan.

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I, of all people, got the meeting time wrong.

Examples

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I, of all people, got the meeting time wrong.

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For someone as meticulous as her to forget a promise, of all things.

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A professional chef, of all people, mixed up salt and sugar.

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For the section chief of all people to get a subordinate's name wrong – how embarrassing.

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For a doctor of all people to mix up patient charts – that should never happen.

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For an experienced pilot of all people to neglect checking the instruments…

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My father, who is usually so composed, was emotional that day – quite unlike him.

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I, of all people, can't solve such a simple problem – how pathetic.

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It's unthinkable that a lawyer, of all people, would overlook an important clause in the contract.

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Apparently even Yamada-kun, who is usually so diligent, didn't turn in his homework.

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