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You got another thing coming

Meaning

A warning that a person is mistaken about their expectations. It is frequently used in a threatening way to signal that the outcome will be unpleasant.

Warning, stern

Used in a sentence

  • If you think you are going to quit this job without notice then you have another thing coming.
  • You expect me to do your chores? You have another thing coming.
  • If they think they can treat us like that they have another thing coming.

The backstory

Often debated as a corruption of 'you have another think coming,' but the 'thing' version is now standard. It evolved into a common American idiom for correcting someone's delusion.

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