the penny (has) dropped

British EnglishBrE informalUNDERSTAND used to say that someone has finally understood something that they had not understood before 终于明白了

Examples from the Corpus

the penny (has) dropped• At this point the penny dropped.• Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.• Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.• I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped.

→ the penny (has) dropped at penny(7)

单词	the penny (has) dropped
释义	the penny (has) dropped the penny (has) dropped British EnglishBrE informalUNDERSTAND used to say that someone has finally understood something that they had not understood before 终于明白了 Examples from the Corpus the penny (has) dropped• At this point the penny dropped.• Suddenly the penny dropped, and Meredith knew why he'd been prowling about the airport like an angry lion.• Then the penny dropped and he realised that the man had meant a fan- bearer.• I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny dropped. → the penny (has) dropped at penny(7)
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