每日學(xué)英語：Wait for the other shoe to drop 等待最后的結(jié)果
2023-10-16 14:11:08 每日學(xué)英語
Wait for the other shoe to drop直譯等另一只鞋子掉下來，引申為等待最后的（壞）結(jié)果；提心吊膽地等待最后的結(jié)果。
【例句】
Business is bad so the firm has to fire 200 employees. They' ve already announced the first 100, and now the rest of us are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
業(yè)務(wù)不景氣，所以公司不得不辭退200名雇員。他們已經(jīng)宣布了100名解雇人員的名單，目前我們留下來的這些人都在提心吊膽地等待最后結(jié)果。
Haif of us have already known our school reports,and now the rest of us are waiting for the other shoe to drop.
我們中已經(jīng)有一半的人知道自己的成績了，剩下的人正提心吊膽地等待最終結(jié)果。