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Idioms! Yikes! They can really enrich your vocabulary but they can be a mind field, or should that be minefield? Here is an idiom that even native English speakers can get wrong.
â¨ââ¨â⨠United were so sure they would win the game, but they had another ________coming â˝ â¨ââ¨ââ¨
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thingy
think
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Apr 14, 2024 7:05 AM
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Thanks for that, John.
You THINK something, are mistaken, have to THINK again.
It has become corrupted and perhaps it is more acceptable in Australian English.
Here's what the Cambridge Dictionary has to say on the matter:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/have-another-think-coming
And here's an article by Professor of English at the University of Michigan on the subject:
https://www.michiganpublic.org/arts-culture/2019-02-03/if-you-think-you-know-this-idiom-you-may-have-another-think-coming
Judas Priest has popularised the corrupted version of this idiom.
April 14, 2024
đťEnglish for work đŻEnglish for study & exams đ§English for life
____________________________________________________________________ â¨ââ¨â⨠Hi
there! Idioms! Yikes! They can really enrich your vocabulary but they can be a
mind field, or should that be minefield? Here is an idiom that even native
English speakers can get wrong.
The answer to this is definitely thing. They had another thing coming.
April 14, 2024
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