drop the other shoe

To do the final part of something, especially when it is anticipated. The school board has already expressed their disinterest in this project, so it’s only a matter of time before they drop the other shoe and reject it altogether.

drop the other shoe

Fig. to do the deed that completes something; to do the expected remaining part of something. (See also wait for the other shoe to drop.) Mr. Franklin has left his wife. Soon he'll drop the other shoe and divorce her. Tommy has just failed three classes in school. We expect him to drop the other shoe and quit altogether any day now.

drop the other shoe

AMERICAN

If someone drops the other shoe, they complete a task by doing the second and final part of it. Time Warner Inc. dropped the other shoe in its two-step $13.86 billion acquisition of Warner Communications Inc.

词组	drop the other shoe
释义	drop the other shoe drop the other shoe To do the final part of something, especially when it is anticipated. The school board has already expressed their disinterest in this project, so it’s only a matter of time before they drop the other shoe and reject it altogether. See also: drop, other, shoe Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. drop the other shoe Fig. to do the deed that completes something; to do the expected remaining part of something. (See also wait for the other shoe to drop.) Mr. Franklin has left his wife. Soon he'll drop the other shoe and divorce her. Tommy has just failed three classes in school. We expect him to drop the other shoe and quit altogether any day now. See also: drop, other, shoe McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. drop the other shoe AMERICAN If someone drops the other shoe, they complete a task by doing the second and final part of it. Time Warner Inc. dropped the other shoe in its two-step $13.86 billion acquisition of Warner Communications Inc. See also: drop, other, shoe Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. See also: ghost ghost someone something in the wind get (one's)/the knife into (someone) get the knife into someone get your knife into somebody be (not) the marrying kind jockstrap noted duly noted
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