the penny drops

(British & Australian)

if you say the penny drops, you mean that you have finally understood something It was only when I saw Ron's car outside Penny's house that the penny finally dropped and I realised they were having an affair.

See spend a penny

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iarfhlaith	EER-lah	Irish
Parrish	['pæriʃ]
Jarek	YAH-rek (Polish)	Polish, Czech
Juliana	yuy-lee-AH-nah (Dutch), yoo-lee-AH-nah (German), joo-lee-AHN-ə (English)	Dutch, German, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Ancient Roman
Baltasar (2)	-	Biblical Greek
Amrit	-	Indian, Hindi