Until, again, the
penny dropped. Mr X looked accusingly down at his fidgeting daughter, whose reddening cheeks confirmed his suspicions.
"It took a bit for her to adjust then the
penny dropped, winning five of her last eight handicaps.
Then the
penny dropped. Stevi Ritchie and Chloe Jasmine from last year's X Factor were on.
Then suddenly the
penny dropped and people realised it was post-modern irony at its most effective."
Then the
penny dropped. "Yes" I replied, "You're a descendant of Saint Catherine of Siena!" He smiled, nodded and answered, "Yes, you're right!" It's a small world!
Dalglish smelt a rat before the
penny dropped - Wick was in fact USA Ryder Cup star Brad Faxon.
"But it wasn't until I saw the 'fingers' on its wings, and its white wing markings, that the
penny dropped.
'Heirloom': A
penny dropped / a hundred years ago / turns up beneath / our sweetheart cabbage // but Love, we are still / out for spring roots, / honeyed wets / and their vanished tracks.
"The
penny dropped in the final furlong and he just took off.
Before the
penny dropped, Teresa was on the floor with a bullet wound as the boyfriend-from-hell was gunned down.
He looked green enough when slow to start but plenty of credit is due to the way he made up lost ground before powering clear in the final furlong once the
penny dropped.
The
penny dropped a few years ago for a number of reasons.
And then the
penny dropped. Hmmm, I said to myself this morning, I wonder who represents the Thunder Bay riding, anyway?
But Andrew Smith, prosecuting, said: 'The
penny dropped when he drove off and then the police arrived.'
The red thread that runs through all is "coming to believe." In the preceding, Easter, account (20:1-18) we are told of two cases where "the light went on and the
penny dropped": the beloved disciple, upon seeing the empty grave wrappings (but before understanding the testimony of the Scriptures), in v.
