Equivalent of "this coming from"

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For example:

Haha, that's the worst idea you've ever had!

What?! This coming from a guy who thought [blah blah] was a good idea?!

Is there any way to translate the 'this coming from' into French? If not it's fine - I was going to settle with something like:

Quoi?! Mais c'était toi qui a pensé que [blah blah] était une bonne idée!

"Venant de quelqu'un qui pensait que... ?!" would be fine I guess if I understood the initial meaning. — Manu310, Commented Jan 30, 2017 at 14:01
Yep totally agree with Manu here. +1 Literally that would be : " Quoi ?! Venant d'un gars qui pensait que [blab blah] était une bonne idée !" You should post your answer @Manu310 :) — Ise, Commented Jan 30, 2017 at 14:41
I don’t know if any of the following is idiomatic, but maybe it could be of some help: … I’d add something to capture the notion of “That’s a good one” and “especially”, and use either “venant de” (as suggested by @Manu310); “de la part de”; or even a combination of the two (venant de la part de) (and to better capture “guy”, maybe use “mec”): ….”Quoi? Elle est bonne, celle-là, surtout venant de la part d’un/du mec qui trouvait bonne l’idée de (voter pour Trump [for example])!” — Papa Poule, Commented Jan 30, 2017 at 14:43
Quoi?! Mais c'était toi qui a pensé que is the best so far. — Lambie, Commented Jan 30, 2017 at 22:03

Frank · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-30 15:30:59Z

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How about:

De la part de quelqu'un qui pensait que ... ?

In spoken language, "venant de la part de" could get abbreviated to "de la part de".

answered Jan 30, 2017 at 15:30

Frank

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It seems that 'De la part de' is used quite a lot actually. I'm going with this answer. Thanks everyone.
– dVyper
Commented Feb 2, 2017 at 16:06
You also easily have "De la part de celui qui ...." ("Coming from the guy who ..."),
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Commented Feb 19, 2017 at 21:23

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Manu310 · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-31 10:42:20Z

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As Ise proposed me to do it in the comments to your question, here is my proposition :

"Venant de quelqu'un qui pensait que... ?!"

Of course, regarding other answers, this is a very spoken form, but from what I understand of your question, I think this fits perfecly :)

answered Jan 31, 2017 at 10:42

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-17 09:38:50Z

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Frank's answer is good; other alternatives with possibly other shades of meaning:

Quand on pense que c'est toi qui ... !

Et dire que c'est toi qui ... !

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answered Jan 30, 2017 at 17:31

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