11-01-2005, 12:54 AM
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lobber of scimitars
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Phila Burbs
Posts: 20,774
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from this rather interesting site on the origins of English sayings ...
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Penny: If someone says "the penny has dropped", then they mean that they finally, and often suddenly, understand a situation. I have found no authenticated origin for the saying, but it must surely come from old Victorian slot machines, where a game would only work when the penny had dropped.
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