[Lexicog] the pen dropped - the penny dropped (was "accusatory observation")
Vladimir Benko
Vladimir.Benko at FEDU.UNIBA.SK
Tue Mar 8 19:46:39 UTC 2005
Dear Mike,
> How would yourender the idiom "the penny dropped" in your language?
In Slovak, I would say: "Spadlo mi pero" ("The pen has dropped TO
ME"), i.e. I am the subject who should have taken care about the pen
as the disaster happened, most likely inconsciously :-)
Regards,
Vlado B, 22:45
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