under the impression

Holding the assumption or belief (that something is true). Oh, sorry, I was under the impression that you two were a couple. My mistake. A: "Aren't you planning on retiring soon?" B: "Why would you be under that impression?"

under the impression

Thinking, assuming, or believing something, as in I was under the impression that they were coming today. This idiom often suggests that the idea or belief one had is mistaken. [Mid-1800s]

See also: impression

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

See also:

it's too late for sorry
make an impression on
in a sorry state
state
be under the impression that
be under the impression that...
impression
sorry to say
get the wrong idea (about someone or something)
cut a sorry figure

References in periodicals archive

One should not be left under the impression that all Canadian Catholic bishops dissent from the Church's authoritative teaching on contraception in the encyclical Humanae vitae.

Letters to the Editor

词组	under the impression
释义	under the impression under the impression Holding the assumption or belief (that something is true). Oh, sorry, I was under the impression that you two were a couple. My mistake. A: "Aren't you planning on retiring soon?" B: "Why would you be under that impression?" See also: impression Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. under the impression Thinking, assuming, or believing something, as in I was under the impression that they were coming today. This idiom often suggests that the idea or belief one had is mistaken. [Mid-1800s] See also: impression The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: it's too late for sorry make an impression on in a sorry state state be under the impression that be under the impression that... impression sorry to say get the wrong idea (about someone or something) cut a sorry figure References in periodicals archive One should not be left under the impression that all Canadian Catholic bishops dissent from the Church's authoritative teaching on contraception in the encyclical Humanae vitae. Letters to the Editor
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