Another think coming

[cimorene]

Listen, people.

It's not "If you think ___, you've got another thing coming". It's "If you think __, you've got another think coming." Get it? See how that works? The word "think" appears in both places! As if to suggest that the approaching think is going to replace the previous think which was in error! See how it even (gasp!) makes sense that way, whereas a "thing" coming in that context is so meaningless as to be completely baffling? [*]

Comments

[kyuuketsukirui.livejournal.com]

Or maybe they mean Thing, the disembodied hand from the Addams Family. "*shaking fist* You've got another Thing coming!" conjures up all sorts of great images. XD

[claire.livejournal.com]

Hahaha yes. I was a very stubborn child, so I heard "another think coming" a lot from my mother. If only it had meant "another disembodied hand coming" I could have my own army of creepy body parts!