That's one for the books

That's/There's one for the books.

(British, American & Australian informal) also That's/There's a turn-up for the books. (British & Australian informal)

something that you say when something strange or surprising happens My sister stayed in on a Saturday night! There's one for the books. That's a turn-up for the books - a Frenchman who loves English food.

See cook the books, hit the books

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dido	-	Roman Mythology
Cvita	TSVEE-tah	Croatian
Sophia	so-FEE-ə (English), so-FIE-ə (British English), zo-FEE-ah (German)	English, Greek, German, Ancient Greek
Liese	LEE-zə (German), LEE-sə (Dutch)	German, Dutch
Markus	MAHR-kuws (German), MAHR-koos (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
Rucker	['rʌkə]