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[Milton R. Santos]

How to say in English "Só agora a ficha caiu"

[Flavia.lm]

Olha Milton

"If “the penny has dropped” it means someone has finally realised the situation they are in after possibly being unaware of it for a long time, depending on the situation. "
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[donay mendonça]

Opção:

• Hit home: to be understood completely and have a strong effect. - Thefreedictionary

• It hit home when I started getting letters from Sarah.
- A ficha caiu quando comecei a receber cartas da Sarah.

• I was never worried about my health, but when my brother died from a heart attack, it really hit home. Now I exercise every day and eat right.

- Eu nunca me preocupava com minha saúde, mas quando meu irmão morreu de ataque cardíaco, a ficha caiu mesmo. Agora, eu faço exercícios todo dia e me alimento direito.

• Mary’s car accident really hit home for her, and after that she decided she had to start driving more carefully in the future.
- O acidente de carro da Maria fez a ficha cair e depois disso, ela decidiu que tinha que começar a dirigir com mais cuidado.

[Thomas]

and...

it just hit me
now I get it

[Adriano Japan]

*Adding:

get across － cause to be understood → It's difficult to get humor across in another language.

get something across － to manage to make someone understand or believe something → Maybe she didn’t get my idea across.

[Breckenfeld]

My suggestion:


Only now has it dawned on me...

For example: Only now, half-way through my fifty-fourth year of life, has it dawned on me that the horrible loneliness I have often regarded as a curse, is actually a gift.



Bye!