[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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