waiting for another shoe to drop??

[Barnhart]

I'm still working on another shoe to drop and drop another shoe.  However,
I found this example
of "other shoe to drop" in the process:

The surplus of wheat, cotton and corn in the bins of Secretary Wallace is
worrying his AAA boys, who have been pinch-hitting for the apostles.
Wall-st almost dead, the ticker at a near-standstill, indicating the big
shots are waiting for the other shoe to drop.  OH. OH. Jackenrim, "Round
Lima, Hour By Hour," _The Lima [Ohio] News_, April 20, 1939, p 8

David
barnhart at highlands.com


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>Heard this morning on NPR:
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>The whole of Washington is waiting for another shoe to drop.
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>The generally encountered expression is "waiting for the other shoe to
>drop."  I guess when there is a series of unfortunate events, there are
>many shoes.
>There could be a millipede living upstairs.
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>Regards,
>David
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>barnhart at highlands.com
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