英语词组penny dropped, the是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

penny dropped, the

One finally catches on to something. The term alludes to old-time machines in which one deposited a penny to obtain a piece of candy, which one received after the penny dropped all the way down. Dating from the 1950s, it is used more in Britain than in the United States but is still current. Alexander McCall Smith used it in The Right Attitude to Rain (2006): “I think he realises now that she’s never going to come back to him. It’s taken a long time, but the penny has finally dropped.”

词组	penny dropped, the
释义	penny dropped, the One finally catches on to something. The term alludes to old-time machines in which one deposited a penny to obtain a piece of candy, which one received after the penny dropped all the way down. Dating from the 1950s, it is used more in Britain than in the United States but is still current. Alexander McCall Smith used it in The Right Attitude to Rain (2006): “I think he realises now that she’s never going to come back to him. It’s taken a long time, but the penny has finally dropped.”
随便看	along the lines of (something) along the lines of something along the right lines along the same lines along these lines along these/those lines along the way along those lines along with along with something aloof aloof from a look around a looker a lookout a look-see a loose cannon a loose translation a losing battle a losing game a lost cause a lost soul alot a lot a lot, not much, etc. in the way of something