# now you mention it

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/now-you-mention-it
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Used to precede another comment about something just mentioned.

## Examples

- Now you mention it, I do feel quite hungry.
- I did not notice the strange noise earlier, but now you mention it, the engine does sound a bit odd.
- Although I had initially dismissed the discrepancy as a minor clerical error, now you mention it, the pattern does suggest a more systematic problem with our accounting.

## Origin

A shortening of the phrase *now that you mention it*, appearing in the written record by at least the late 19th century as a conversational formula for acknowledging a newly introduced topic.

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