靴子落地

MEANING

1. 壹名noun

   lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom)

   • xuēziluòdì,wǒzhōngyúkěyǐfàngsōngle.

     靴子落地，我终于可以放松了。🔊

     The boot has landed, and finally I can relax.

2. 貳名noun

   fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)

   • xuēziluòdì,wǒmenzhōngyúkěyǐfàngsōngle.

     靴子落地，我们终于可以放松了。🔊

     The shoe has dropped, and we can finally relax.