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Which meaning is closer? I'm trying to translate the phrase, Fancy seeing you here. Which meaning is closer? I'm glad to see you here. I'm surprised to see you here. I didn't expect to see you here.
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We use this to mean 'I'm surprised to see you here.' and/or 'I didn't expect to see you here.' The expression uses the older meaning of the verb 'fancy', which is to 'imagine'. If you say 'Well, fancy that!' it means 'What a surprise. It would never have imagined such a thing'. By the way, we often use 'Fancy seeing you here' in a sarcastic fashion, if two people meet in a place where they have often bumped into each other before - suggesting that it isn't a surprise at all.
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Thank you to all of you.
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It has an quaint ring to it that's untranslatable. I would leave the English untranslated but provide an explanation in the language you're translating to along the lines that Su.Ki mentioned.
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None of the above. I cant imagine you are here
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"I didn't expect to see you here " is the closest meaning
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