have another think coming en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.
I told them they had another think a-coming if they thought they could talk me down like they did Papa, and they could just pack themselves right off my...
1967, Sylvia Wilkinson, A Killing Frost, page 47:My finish then less clearly do I see, / For lo ! I have another think a-coming.
1901, Wallace Irwin, The Love Sonnets of a Hoodlum, section VIII:...and if you think just because we are at war I'm going to give my brains an opiate or send them away on a vacation, you got another think a comin'. I wasn't built that way.
1918, Jacob Marvin Rudy, Our Nation's Peril, page 132:But if she figured she could break him, she had another think a coming.
1950, Conrad Richter, The Fields, page 72:He had another think a-coming, that begrimed whoremonger!
1984, James Purdy, On Glory's Course, page 252:If you think you're going to marry my daughter, you have another think coming.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| have another thing coming | alternative | lexicographic | |
| have another thought coming | alternative | lexicographic | |
| has another think coming | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| have another guess coming | alternative | lexicographic | |
| had another think coming | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| had another think coming | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| have another think a-comin | alternative | lexicographic | |
| having another think coming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
think again · guess again! · get real
Translations (13)
pl łudzić się (be deluded) · fr se faire des films (be deluded) · it meglio che ci ripensi (be deluded) · fi muuttaa suunnitelmia (be deluded) · fi erehtyä (be deluded) · sh varati se (be deluded) · es llevarlo claro (be deluded) · fr se faire des idées (be deluded) · it pensaci due volte (be deluded) · fr se mettre le doigt dans l'œil (be deluded) · cmn 大錯特錯 /大错特错 (be deluded) · it sbagliarsi di grosso (be deluded) · da tro om igen (be deluded)