the penny drops



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
See also: drop, penny

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Abidemi-Western African, Yoruba
Vishal-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Bengali
Yulduz-Uzbek
Aston['æstən]
Boutros-Arabic, Coptic
Prokopios-Ancient Greek