English-French translations for against all expectations

• contre toute attente
  Contre toute attente, le taux de chômage n’a pas augmenté dans ces pays. The rate of unemployment has not increased in these countries, against all expectations.
  Elle peut par exemple contribuer à créer un sentiment de fierté parmi tous les citoyens de la zone euro quant à la manière dont nous avons procédé, peut-être contre toute attente. It could ensure that all citizens in euro land are proud of the way it has been done, maybe against all expectations.

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• beat one's head against a stone wall
• bang one's head against a brick wall