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Waiting for the other shoe to drop 

To await an event that is expected to happen, due to being causally linked to another event that has already been observed. Gets its origin from the joke in the example.
A guest who checked into an inn one night was warned to be quiet because the guest in the room next to his was a light sleeper. As he undressed for bed, he dropped one shoe, which, sure enough, awakened the other guest. He managed to get the other shoe off in silence, and got into bed. An hour later, he heard a pounding on the wall and a shout: "When are you going to drop the other shoe?" Thus the term "waiting for the other shoe to drop."
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Global Waming 

When Forrest Trump can’t even type global warming correctly.
“...What the hell is going on with Global waming...” @realDonaldTrump twitter on 9:28 pm, 1/28/19.
Global Waming by Superdat2830 January 29, 2019

waiting in vain 

Hopelessly waiting for something/someone that will never be yours.
I was waiting in vain for him to leave his wife.
waiting in vain by BRE11:11 July 5, 2016

waking the neighbors 

a crude way of saying having sex; referring to the volume of the moans and groans coming
When she started going down on me, I knew we would soon be waking the neighbors.
To long out the ting, sesh, or gathering with an unacceptable excuse that further enrages the party against the one who is “waining”.
“This man is waining the boys i swear, i dont know why this creases me.”
Waining by WettyWain July 1, 2018

Turtle Warting 

when someone turtle warts they become all mardy after having a really good day
we just got back from the great gig, it was 10 o' clock and david had just started turtle warting