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Armsys Posted 18 years ago
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The next shoe to drop in housing

0What does it mean by "The next shoe to drop in housing?"02br
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01cite10Armsys12cite10What does it mean by "The next shoe to drop in housing?"12br
10The original text can be found in 11a15010 12a10.12br
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00The idiom, '01b00waiting for the next shoe to drop02b00' means waiting for the inevitable consequence. The idiom comes from the old days of thin hotel or apartment room walls, when one resident could hear the next door neighbor taking off his shoes before bed. The sound of one shoe tossed aside meant that the sound of the other shoe would soon follo
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0Hi Micawber,02br
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00Thanks for your exceptionally crystal clear explanation. Let's hope for the best.02br
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