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| ⇒ wait for the other shoe to drop | |||
| пойти до конца (plushkina); выложить карты на стол (plushkina) | |||
| завершить (Time Warner Inc. dropped the other shoe in its two-step $13.86 billion acquisition of Warner Communications Inc.); завершить начатое (Mr. Franklin has left his wife. Soon he'll drop the other shoe and divorce her.) | |||
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| сказал "А" – говори "Б" (plushkina) | |||
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to do the final part of something, especially when it is anticipated (The school board has already expressed their disinterest in this project, so it’s only a matter of time before they drop the other shoe and reject it altogether.  thefreedictionary.com); to do the deed that completes something; to do the expected remaining part of something (Mr. Franklin has left his wife. Soon he'll drop the other shoe and divorce her. • Tommy has just failed three classes in school. We expect him to drop the other shoe and quit altogether any day now. thefreedictionary.com); to complete a task by doing the second and final part of it (Time Warner Inc. dropped the other shoe in its two-step $13.86 billion acquisition of Warner Communications Inc. collinsdictionary.com) | |||
| drop the other shoe: 7 phrases in 2 subjects |
| Explanatory translation | 2 |
| Idiomatic | 5 |