the penny dropped | наконец-то понять (informal, chiefly Brit. used to indicate that someone has finally realized something) для усиления часо добавляют звукоподражание вроде "with a clang/clatter/crash, etc.": The child sat by her granny's side and as Kate watched them, the penny dropped with a sickening clang. The child was the image of the old lady) |