| 词汇 | waits for the other shoe to drop |
| 释义 | (redirected from waits for the other shoe to drop)wait for the other shoe to dropTo wait for the next, seemingly unavoidable (and typically negative) thing to happen. Mom said that Dad would punish us when he got home from work, so now we're just waiting for the other shoe to drop. wait for the other shoe to dropFig. to wait for the inevitable next step or the final conclusion. He just opened his mail and moaned. Now, I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop when he finds the subpoena. wait for the other shoe to dropAwait a seemingly inevitable event, as in Now that she has a good enough job to leave her husband, we're just waiting for the other shoe to drop . This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [Early 1900s] wait for the other shoe to dropwait for the next or final thing to happen. North Americanwait for the other shoe to dropSlang To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved. |
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