have another think coming
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.16 in modern English
43
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
6
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.
Example Sentences
- "If you think you're going to marry my daughter, you have another think coming."
- "My finish then less clearly do I see, / For lo ! I have another think a-coming."
- "...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."
- "But if she figured she could break him, she had another think a coming."
- "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..."
- "He had another think a-coming, that begrimed whoremonger!"
Inflected Forms
has another think coming (present, singular)
having another think coming (participle, present)
had another think coming (participle, past)
had another think coming (past)
have another guess coming (alternative)
have another thing coming (alternative)
have another think a-comin (alternative)
have another thought coming (alternative)