靴子落地

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Chinese

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boot; leather shoe; dress shoe to fall to the ground; to land
trad. (靴子落地) 靴子 落地
simp. #(靴子落地) 靴子 落地
Literally: “the shoe drops”.

Etymology

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From 靴子落地, a calque of English wait for the other shoe to drop.

Pronunciation

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Phrase

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靴子落地

  1. Something that is anticipated but not fully certain happens.