"have another think coming" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have another think coming.ogg [Australia] Forms: has another think coming [present, singular, third-person], having another think coming [participle, present], had another think coming [participle, past], had another think coming [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> another think coming}} have another think coming (third-person singular simple present has another think coming, present participle having another think coming, simple past and past participle had another think coming)
  1. (idiomatic) To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: have another guess coming, have another thing coming, have another think a-comin, have another thought coming Related terms: get real, guess again!, think again Translations (be deluded): 大錯特錯 (Chinese Mandarin), 大错特错 (dàcuòtècuò) (Chinese Mandarin), tro om igen (Danish), erehtyä (Finnish), muuttaa suunnitelmia (Finnish), se faire des films (French), se mettre le doigt dans l’œil (French), se faire des idées (French), sbagliarsi di grosso (Italian), meglio che ci ripensi (Italian), pensaci due volte (Italian), varati se [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), llevarlo claro [Spain, colloquial] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-have_another_think_coming-en-verb-i0Gw3Phx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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          "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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      "sense": "be deluded",
      "word": "meglio che ci ripensi"
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      "sense": "be deluded",
      "word": "pensaci due volte"
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      "sense": "be deluded",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "varati se"
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      "sense": "be deluded",
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