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have second thoughts about

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second thought

[second thought] {n.} A change of ideas or opinions resulting from more thought or study. * /Your second thoughts are very often wiser than your first ideas./ * /We decided […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

thought

[thought] See: [FOOD FOR THOUGHT], [PENNY FOR ONE'S THOUGHTS], [PERISH THE THOUGHT], [SECOND THOUGHT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

penny for one's thoughts

[penny for one's thoughts] Please tell me what you are thinking about; what's your daydream. * /"A penny for your thoughts!" he exclaimed./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

in the air

[in the air] {adv. phr.} 1. In everyone's thoughts. * /Christmas was in the air for weeks before./ * /The war filled people's thoughts every day; it was in the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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