now you mention it
Triggering a memory
Now you mention it signals that someone's comment has triggered a realization or memory.
It acknowledges you hadn't been thinking about something until the other person brought it up: Now you mention it, I did notice he seemed distracted.
The phrase often introduces agreement or confirmation that might otherwise seem like an afterthought.
- youThe person addressed
- nowThe present moment
- IFirst-person subject pronoun
- itNeuter third-person pronoun
- recollectionRecalled mental image
honestly · jogged · jog my memory · epiphany · afterthought · reminiscence · indeed · realization · prompted · thinking back · admission · actually · reflection · acknowledgment · phraseology · hindsight · on second thought · triggered
now you mention itcome to think of it
Phrase introducing a realization
unprompted · spontaneously · off the top of my head · out of the blue · speaking of which
now you mention itby the way
Conversational aside marker
incidentally · speaking of which · changing the subject · apropos of nothing · for what it's worth
yourself, yourselves, mention, mentions, mentioned, mentioning, mentionable