If my husband thinks he’s gonna win this argument, he’s got another THINK coming

[GypsyR]

I like to think "you have another think coming" is the long drawn out way of saying "think again" so in the context you used it, "thing" doesn't work for me.

 

[Rosy]

 

[Neemer]

How have I been able to live this long and never hear or read any version other than “thing”. I need to get out more.

 

[Rich W.]

How have I been able to live this long and never hear or read any version other than “thing”. I need to get out more.

It’s kind of like “for all intensive purposes”…..and you’re not alone. I never did either until around 06:20 this morning.

 

[Kevin D Pem]

Is that like saying watch your backside?

 

[LMHS]

Perhaps the author was paraphrasing? Or if it was said by a character, perhaps it was meant to be written "wrong". Or perhaps the author AND the editor seriously didn't know the difference.

Famous Phrases You Have Been Misquoting

Quoting famous authors or thinkers is presumably a reflection of one’s erudition. But what it does it say about the speaker, if they don’t even know that the quotation they are using is…

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[bpaikman]

I like to think "you have another think coming" is the long drawn out way of saying "think again" so in the context you used it, "thing" doesn't work for me.

I agree totally.

 

[bpaikman]

It’s kind of like “for all intensive purposes”…..and you’re not alone. I never did either until around 06:20 this morning.

I’d never heard that - always “intents and purposes”

 

[Rosy]

I’d never heard that - always “intents and purposes”

That's correct. The other is not.

 

[Wemustrv]

I like to think "you have another think coming" is the long drawn out way of saying "think again" so in the context you used it, "thing" doesn't work for me.

Another THING coming.