for the penny to drop

پیشنهاد کاربران

for someone to finally understand something, often after some confusion or delay.
Word - for - word breakdown:
the penny → سکه ی یک پنی
to drop → بیفتد
Literal translation:
"سکه بیفتد"
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This comes from old British vending or slot machines:
You put in a coin ( a penny ) , and only when it drops does the machine start working. So the idiom became a metaphor for a delayed realization — when something finally “clicks” in someone’s mind.
Persian ( Farsi ) meaning:
یهو فهمیدن چیزی / بالاخره گرفتنِ موضوع
مثال:
I kept explaining, but it took a while for the penny to drop.
هی توضیح دادم، ولی خیلی طول کشید تا بفهمه قضیه چیه.
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