To have another guess coming In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "to have another guess coming", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Caroline Tran, Jenne Phuong

2021-08-14 02:08

Meaning of To have another guess coming

Synonyms:

have another think coming

To have another guess coming American phrase informal

The phrase is almost always preceded by "If (one) thinks (something)."

If someone "has another guess coming", he/she needs to reconsider or rethink something because he/she was wrong the first time.

If you think you convinced her of joining the year-end party, you've got another guess coming.

If she thinks she could misbehave like that in front of older people, she has another guess coming.

I assumed that you both knew each other before, but I need to have another guess coming.

Grammar and Usage of To have another guess coming

Verb Forms

had another guess coming
has another guess coming
have another guess coming
having another guess coming

The verb "have" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of To have another guess coming

It dates from the first half of the 1900s. C. Day Lewis used it in Child of Misfortune (1939): “If you think that’s your doing, you’ve got another guess coming.”

The Origin Cited: idioms.thefreedictionary.com .