My friend said, "Low and behold", what does that mean? I sure don't understand that crazy saying. Help!

Answer 1

It's actually 'Lo and behold'. Lo is slightly archaic for 'look' and 'behold' for 'see' (or the like) so means something like 'look, see!'

Answer 2

It's actually "Lo and behold". Lo means look, which makes the expression make a lot more sense.

Answer 3

It is actually spelled "Lo and behold"...

But its a fancy way of introducing something... like if he was telling a story, then he may start his ending with something like "And then lo and behold, I found my keys" or something to that effect...

Answer 4

Meaning: To call attention to a surprising truth.

Origin: "Lo" is a word meaning "to call attention to" or "to express surprise".

"Behold" is a word meaning "to gaze upon or observe".

Both words are not well known or frequently used, especially "lo".

Answer 5

It's actually "lo and behold", sort of an old English way of saying, "looky what we have here".

Answer 6

Grandmothers say that...Its like just look and see If I told you not to do something (LOW) Lie Cheat Steal .....Well very thing I told you not to do (BEHOLD) I see you did it anyway. There is the very thing I told you not to see or do created by you.
Then she starts to beat your behind.....

Answer 7

Lo and Behold

in today's modern society, i take it to be a fancy to say

"look at that"

or

"see"

or

"ta daaaaa!"

and probably insinuating that the outcome was directly connected to ur friend....or something that he said would happen, and goes "see, i told you"

Answer 8

fancy way of saying, Hey look at this!

Answer 9

its another phrase for "sure enough" or anything along thouse lines