the penny drops

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25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: der faldt tiøren — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Dutch: het kwartje is gevallen — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Dutch: zijn frank is gevallen — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• French: ça a fait tilt — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• French: le franc est tombé — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• French: la pièce est tombée — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• German: der Groschen ist gefallen — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• German: der Groschen fällt — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Hungarian: leesik a tantusz — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Irish: thit an phingin — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Italian: capire all'improvviso di — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Italian: capire finalmente — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Italian: accendersi la lampadina — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Italian: avere un'illuminazione dopo un momento di confusione o ritardo — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Persian: دو هزازش جا افتاد meaning "his(/her) two thousand dropped" — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Polish: dotarło — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Portuguese: caiu a ficha — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Romanian: îi pica fisa — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Spanish: cayó el veinte — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Spanish: cayó la ficha — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Spanish: cayó en la cuenta — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Swedish: polletten faller ner — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Swedish: polletten trillar ner — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Turkish: jeton düştü — understanding is reached, one comprehends
• Welsh: mae'r geiniog wedi syrthio — understanding is reached, one comprehends