alpacinou
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- Sep 30, 2019
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- Persian
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- Iran
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- Iran
Hello.
Let's say people are trying to make you understand something. You don't know what is going for a while but after a while realize it.
Can I use "light bulb" in this situation?
Are these examples correct and natural?
1. I was at a teacher parents conference. They kept saying there is a trouble maker at school and some of them looked at me. I had no idea who they were talking about until they talked about a specific incident. A light bulb went off in my head and I realized they meant my son, Dylan, is the trouble maker.
2. They went out for dinner. She kept saying that they have differing views and after a while a light bulb went off in his head that she wanted to dump him.
I sort of used the idiom the way "penny dropped" is used.
Let's say people are trying to make you understand something. You don't know what is going for a while but after a while realize it.
Can I use "light bulb" in this situation?
Are these examples correct and natural?
1. I was at a teacher parents conference. They kept saying there is a trouble maker at school and some of them looked at me. I had no idea who they were talking about until they talked about a specific incident. A light bulb went off in my head and I realized they meant my son, Dylan, is the trouble maker.
2. They went out for dinner. She kept saying that they have differing views and after a while a light bulb went off in his head that she wanted to dump him.
I sort of used the idiom the way "penny dropped" is used.