Wait-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop Definition
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(idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.
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Origin of Wait-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop
A common experience of tenement living and other similar style housing in New York City (other cities) during the manufacturing boom of the late 19th and early 20th century. Apartments were built similar in design with one's bedroom under another's. Thus, it was normal to hear a neighbor removing shoes and hearing them hit the floor above. As one shoe made a sound hitting the floor, the expectation for the other shoe to make a similar sound was created.
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