After a long interval, his neighbor, who has been lying awake all this time, yells up, 'For God's sake, drop the other shoe!'

可是等了很久也没有声音。他终于受不了了，冲着楼上大喊：把另一只鞋脱了吧！

youdao

It's a shoe design, this one is a parachute design I say we drop this parachute first, because it may not break, the other one may break, I'll suggest that you actually just get up on the table?

这是鞋子的设计，而这个是降落伞的设计，以我之见，我们首先使降落伞落下，因为它不会破碎，而另外一个会破碎，你能爬到桌子上面去吗？

youdao

Depressed people can even feel sad about good events (they are always waiting for the other shoe to drop) because they are trapped in the habit of depression at the brain level.

抑郁者甚至对好事都会感到悲伤(他们总等待着另一只鞋落下)因为他们从脑层面受困于抑郁习惯。

youdao

Although you noted that births are neither increasing nor shrinking, and pointed out the fallacy of assuming that America's population growth is thus due strictly to immigration, you didn't let the other shoe drop.

ECONOMIST: Lack of ability

As for investing, wait for the other shoe to drop before investing in bonds issued by Greece, Italy, Portugal, or Spain.

FORBES: Let Greece Implode

Now everyone is waiting for the other shoe to drop.

ECONOMIST: Not her fault, she says