# So if I think \*that\*, then do I have another "think" coming, or another "thing"?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 27, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-think-that-then-do-i-have-another-think-coming-or-another-thing/741454 "2015-12-27T07:28:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-think-that-then-do-i-have-another-think-coming-or-another-thing/741454/101 "2016-01-01T16:19:19Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> Correct. BECAUSE THAT (AND **ONLY** THAT) IS WHAT THE IDIOM IS FOR!

I would attempt to mock you in a humorous fashion, but I have been reprimanded for mocking. So, it turns out I had another thing coming. That thing was a time out, sitting quietly in my room thinking about what I have done wrong. \*So the thing I had coming was a think. \* Is your mind blown?

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**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-think-that-then-do-i-have-another-think-coming-or-another-thing/741454/102 "2016-01-02T02:06:58Z")

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Bah! Every time I hear this expression, I want to punch somebody. I was born in SC, and was mostly raised in northeastern IL in the 80s. Everybody around me always said “another thing coming.” I’ve spent most of my life thinking that everybody in the world was wrong about that. Still do.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2016, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-if-i-think-that-then-do-i-have-another-think-coming-or-another-thing/741454/103 "2016-01-02T15:55:53Z")

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Old New Englander here. I first learned it as “think.”

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