Revising old posts: THE PENNY (HAS) DROPPED

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(UK informal) If you say that the penny (has) dropped, you mean that you or someone else suddenly understands or becomes aware of something that you or they did not know about before.
She looked confused for a moment, then suddenly the penny dropped and she burst out laughing.

SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS IN AMERICAN ENGLISH?
... "then the other shoe dropped" or "waiting for the other shoe to drop", as they are essentially American -- but as I understand it the first means "then what was bound to happen ...happened", the second corresponds to "waiting for the inevitable next event".

The image comes from hearing someone undressing in a room above. There is a "clunk" as the first discarded shoe hits the floor... the "audience" then waits for the second shoe to follow.

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Run out (of). 06-30-2011.

Meaning: If you run out of something, you don't have any left and you need some more.

For example:

·                       run out Could you get some milk when you go to the shop? We've nearly run out.

·                       run out of sth I can't print the report tonight because I've run out of paper.

Nouns often used as objects with
run out (of): milk, sugar, petrol, money, paper

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If you've run out of sugar, you need to

a. go after it b.                       use it up c. get some more

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