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.
- 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