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English Idiom: Wait for the other shoe to
drop
Wait for the other shoe to drop is used after one event has happened when you are waiting for something else that is connected to that first event also to occur.
Usually, these are not positive things.
Often, there is something negative connected to them.
I’ll give two examples here.
Example 1: One day, my university professor called me into her office and told me that my grades were low, then paused.
I thought that was not the only thing she had to say, so I waited for the other shoe to drop.
Example 2: My husband called and said his cell phone had been stolen. We’ve been having a lot of bad luck recently, so I’m still waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Stay positive, and I hope you never have to wait for the other shoe.
It’s common to sometimes only use the first half of a well-known idiom or expression.
Often, the phrase is so common that the other person understands what you mean without hearing the entire idiom.
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