Hello everyone!
Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,
but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.
Is everyone ready? Let's begin.
Hello everyone! Nice to see you again.
Today's idiom is: come to think of it.
Come to think of it.
Alright, this idiom is very difficult to imagine a picture, but let's say you're driving in a car and you can't remember anything, okay?
You're just driving and you can't remember, can't think.
And all of a sudden, you come to a stop and the sign says, 'Think of it.'
Okay, you come to think of it and when you get to the sign, you can remember, you can think.
Yeah, come to think of it.
Okay, so let's listen to 2 examples and try to think of this idiom's meaning.
I thought everyone in Japan studied English!
Yeah, come to think of it, I might have done some vocabulary in elementary school.
Alright, let's listen to the next example.
How do you think you did on your test today?
Well, come to think of it, I think I was able to answer all the questions except for one.
Alright, so maybe they couldn't remember and, ah, okay, they came to think of it.
They could remember.
Alright, so using the idiom 'come to think of it' means before maybe you forgot or you had trouble to remember
and now you remember.
So, it's a nice way to change not the topic, but to say, 'Ah, I remember.'
Yeah, so for example, if your friend asks you to lunch and you said,
'No, I'm busy... Come to think of it, my English class was canceled today, so I can go to lunch.'
Yeah, I just remembered.
Okay, so let's use 'come to think of it' next time and you'll sound very natural and native speaker if you can use 'come to think of it'.
Alright, and I'll see you again next time.