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用中文说: "To wait for the other shoe to drop"

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用中文说: "To wait for the other shoe to drop"

To wait for the other shoe to drop

【中文】提心吊胆、不放心

     Tíxīndiàodǎn, bù fàngxīn

【解释】To anticipate something negative happening as a result of or related to a previous negative event.

【例句】

- The two sisters are said not to be able to live together for a week without a quarrel. It's day five when the family are together to celebrate the New Year. Everybody is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

 据说两姐妹待一起只要超过一周必然要吵架。今天是全家新年团聚的第五天,大家开始提心吊胆。

 Jùshuō liǎng jiěmèi dài yīqǐ zhǐyào chāoguò yīzhōu bìrán yào chǎojià. Jīntiān shì quánjiā xīnnián tuánjù de dì wǔ tiān, dàjiā kāishǐ tíxīndiàodǎn.

- We know we can rely on her. She is no longer the careless girl we used to know.I can't help but feel like we are waiting for the other shoe to drop.

 我们知道我们可以信任她了,她已经不再是那个大大咧咧的女孩了,但我还是情不自禁地感觉不放心。

 Wǒmen zhīdào wǒmen kěyǐ xìnrèn tāle, tā yǐjīng bù zài shì nàgè dàdàliēliē de nǚhái le, dàn wǒ háishì qíngbùzìjīn de gǎnjué bù fàngxīn.

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