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될 줄이야

never thought … would

→ 되다
phrase Rare #28,473
never thought … would Expresses surprise at an unexpected outcome, often with a sense of “who would have thought?”
KO: 내가 여기서 너를 다시 만나게 될 줄이야.
EN: I never thought I’d meet you here again.

아들을 만나게 될 줄 이야

I never thought I'd get to meet my son.

— 중앙역 (1998)

설마 일이 이렇게 될 줄 이야.

I never thought things would turn out like this.

제가 이렇게 부산에 살게 될 줄 이야

I never thought I'd end up living in Busan.

— Love Untangled (2025)

내가 누와르띠에 신세가 될 줄 이야

I never thought I'd end up indebted to Noirtier.

— 잠수종과 나비 (2007)