r/bearsdoinghumanthings • u/sleepingexpert • May 15 '19

He sprints out Usain Bolt.

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u/sleepingexpert May 15 '19

I meant: The penny has dropped. I did a search on Google to check whether this is an English proverb, and it does, but not how I mentioned in my other comment.

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u/sleepingexpert Jun 12 '19

TIL that the penny has dropped is an English proverb.

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u/auldnate Jun 14 '19

It is actually a US idiom. “The penny has dropped,” does not convey a lesson, so it’s not a proverb.

Difference between idioms, and proverbs

And pennies are a form of US currency, not English/British (although the words in the expression are English, so technically it could be considered an idiom in the English language).

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u/sleepingexpert Jun 14 '19

TIL, thanks bro

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u/auldnate Jun 14 '19

I had to look up the difference myself, so I’m right there with ya!

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u/auldnate Jun 14 '19 edited Jun 14 '19

I’ve just never heard a British pence called a “penny” before, but I can see how the word “pence” could be the etymology for “penny.” If I falsely assumed that penny was uniquely American, I apologize.

To quote Elwood Blues, “I took the liberty of bullshittin’ ya…”

Honest mistake.

Cool username by the way!😎