Today, we talk about the German idiom “bei jemandem ist der Groschen gefallen”. What does “bei jemandem ist der Groschen gefallen” mean?
someone has finally got the point; literally: the penny dropped for someoneIdiomHyphenation:
bei je·man·dem ist der Gro·schen ge·fal·len
Pronunciation:
IPA: [baɪ̯ ˈjeːmandəm ɪst deːɐ̯ ˈɡʀɔʃn̩ ɡəˈfaln̩]
Meaning:
[1] to finally understand something after a short period of time
Origin:
[1] Groschen (coins), whose value at the times of the Deutsche Mark, taking into account the inflation today (2016) correspond to about 0.