talk of the devil, and he will appear

An acknowledgment of a person who has arrived just as or after he or she was being discussed. John: "Hey everyone, sorry I'm late!" Dave: "Well, talk of the devil, and he will appear! We were just chatting about something funny you said the other day."

See also: and, appear, he, of, talk, will

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Elmo	EL-mo	English, German, Italian
Irma	EER-mah (German, Finnish), UR-mə (English)	German, English, Dutch, Finnish, Spanish, Italian, Georgian, Lithuanian, Hungarian (Rare), Ancient G
Clarice	klə-REES	English
Alaric	AL-ə-rik (English)	Ancient Germanic
XuÂN	-	Vietnamese
Jagjit	-	Indian (Sikh)