思おもってもみない

expression, i-adjective

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

Expresses that something was completely beyond what one could have imagined or anticipated. Often used in past-tense form 思ってもみなかった.

• 彼かれが辞やめるなんて思おもってもみなかった。

  I never imagined he would quit.

• こんな結けっ果かになるとは思おもってもみないことだった。

  This outcome was something I never could have foreseen.