the penny drops , auch: the penny dropped
penny has dropped
the penny has dropped

She has to say it twice more before the penny drops.

When the penny drops that these are not art, it's all going to collapse.

And maybe that mention of Wharton is when the penny drops.

But in this score the penny drops very deep.

But when an umbrella dances with a cane in one scene, the penny drops.

That, when the penny drops, fear never crosses her mind, only opprobrium.

Mum gazes at me uncomprehendingly for a moment before the penny drops.

How many times do they have to be proven liars, before the penny drops ?

Once the penny drops Israel will finally start making the concessions necessary for a viable Palestinian state.

Then he catches sight of the flashing panel which Sarah's hat had previously obscured and the penny drops.

The penny drops - my na?

Let's be sure the people who are going to be carrying the ball when the penny drops are rested and fed."

'Between the chalk,' I say, and all at once I get it - the penny drops.

And the penny drops.

London housing crisis: the penny drops

"At last the penny drops," Vyland sneered.

'Oh,' says Robyn, as the penny drops.

And when at last the penny drops and they begin to understand what a con it all is, I'm the one they blame for misleading them.

Clip joint: The penny drops

Finally the penny drops and a collective "ahh" is emitted as two women and the rickshaw driver rush off excitedly.

At last the penny drops but Ed and Ed we already knew this because Alistair Darling had told us so.

When the Penny Drops: Learning What's Not Taught

Then the penny drops, and he is reduced to hanging around the Guardian offices looking for the elf so that he can buy his sense of humour back.

The penny drops and Sharpe realises that Curtis is El Mirador, not Hélène.

The Penny Drops ("Penny Ante" in the US.)

I think the penny has dropped even for them.

"But I don't think the penny has dropped with the international decision-makers about what we will face in the winter."

With this article the penny has dropped, and I look forward to your next article on the subject.

18 Sep 2007: Finally, the penny has dropped.

Well, now the penny has dropped and they have realised that a British government is unable to put British interests first.

- meaning the penny has dropped.

He did not dare mention the damage created by open doors policy / and benefits culture where even in Sweden the penny has dropped .

It has taken the rest of industry in this country a remarkably long time to come around to his viewpoint, but it is finally looking as though the penny has dropped.

It is encouraging to see that 'the penny has dropped' with those who are joining the Transition Towns movement in Britain, the Simpler Way movement in Australia, and the Greening of Detroit.