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Welcome to English in a Minute from home!
After a long day, it feels good to take off your shoes. Is that what this expression is describing?
Speaker A: Oh no! Stores may start running out of coffee.
Speaker B: What’s next? Chocolate? I have to go.
Speaker A: Anna, where are you going?
Speaker B: I’m not waiting for the other shoe to drop, Jonathan. I”m going to the store right now.
Imagine you live below a really loud neighbor. Each night, he takes off his shoes and drops them on the floor. You hear the first loud drop and then wait for the second. When we “wait for the other shoe to drop, we wait for the next bad thing to happen.
And that’s English in a Minute!
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.
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