What does the hammer falls mean?

DEFINITION. Vengeance fr one’s wrongful deeds. Moral or legal retribution for one’s error or wrong doing.

What does waiting for the ax to fall mean?

Adjective. Feeling sharp anticipation or anxiety. on pins and needles. in suspense. anxious.

Where did the term put the hammer down come from?

The term originates from the idea of pushing the throttle to the floor, and placing a heavy hammer on it to hold it down, which was done, years ago, before cruise control was added to trucks.

What does the other shoe drops mean?

Await a seemingly inevitable event, as in Now that she has a good enough job to leave her husband, we’re just waiting for the other shoe to drop. This expression alludes to a person awakened by a neighbor who loudly dropped one shoe on the floor and is waiting for the second shoe to be dropped. [

What does it mean when the shoe drops?

(idiomatic) To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved. (idiomatic) To await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one that is not desirable.

What does hammer down mean military?

History. The HAMMERDOWN Protocol was a scorched-earth tactic that officially declared a United States city beyond saving with the authorization of destruction with heavy ordinance to contain a threat, rather than let it spread to the rest of the country.

What is a 4 wheeler in trucker terms?

Four-wheeler: You/non-truckers. Seat cover: Passengers in your car. Usually, this refers to an attractive female passenger, in a sort of “check out the seat cover in the four-wheeler about to pass you” sense.

What does waiting for the ball to drop mean?

To wait in expectation of an occurrence
(idiomatic, rare) To wait in expectation of an occurrence.

Where did the phrase Another country heard from originated?

An unexpected person has spoken up or arrived on the scene, as in Jane’s cousin from California decided to contest the will—another county heard from. This idiom originally alluded to the counting of returns on election night; it appears in that context in Clifford Odets’s play, Awake and Sing (1931).

What does 8mm drop in shoes mean?

Drop (or offset) refers to the difference in height between the heel area of the shoe and the forefoot, as measured in millimeters (mm). As running popularity began to increase in the 1960’s, running shoe drops were in the 4-8mm range. This means the heel was 4-8mm higher, than the forefoot area.

Is hammer down a real thing?

The HAMMERDOWN Protocol was a scorched-earth tactic that officially declared a United States city beyond saving with the authorization of destruction with heavy ordinance to contain a threat, rather than let it spread to the rest of the country.