a sobering thought

a sobering thought

A thought or idea which is dispiriting, depressing, or traumatic. It's a sobering thought when you consider how many people go without clean water every day.
See also: sober, thought
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a thought
  • thought
  • a figment of somebody's imagination
  • figment of (one's)/the imagination
  • figment of one's imagination
  • cross (one's) mind
  • cross mind
  • cross one's mind
  • cross somebody's mind
  • cross your mind