etymology - What is the origin of "rings a bell"? - English Language ...
Mar 14, 2012 · For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed. If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food. After a while, …
idioms - For whom the bell tolls - origin of "ask not" instead of ...
Jun 15, 2016 · "Ask not for whom the bell tolls" is a popular cliche. My understanding is that it comes from John Donne's Meditation XVII (1623). But in Donne's poem, the line is any man's death …
Interjection for the sound of a bell - English Language & Usage Stack ...
Apr 13, 2017 · The sound of Big Ben over the radio was traditionally rendered "Bong" (and sometimes referred to as the bongs, though I wouldn't recommend that in a normal context). Church bells are …
A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action
May 2, 2016 · Personally I like "You can't unring that bell" as deadrat mentioned above. The phrase refers to the fact that you can't un-hear a bell that has been rung. There's a nice essay about its …
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in some ...
Aug 24, 2016 · A person working in an Indian supermarket was shocked when I told her it's called Bell Pepper in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland. I had to pull out Wikipedia to convince her it was true. …
"Obscene yourself" (literally) in Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls"
Nov 1, 2017 · I am reading Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell Tolls" (an edition from 1960). Throughout the book, strong words and obscenities are replaced literally by the term "obscenity" or similar. For …
What do you call the sound of a bell? - English Language & Usage …
Sep 11, 2011 · If you wanted to describe the sound of a small brass bell that you can hold in your hand (this is an example image of what I mean - what word would you use? Brrring? Bling?
How to cite an author who does not capltalize her name if you are ...
If you are writing a paper and citing works by an author/researcher who does not capitalize her name, how do you begin a sentence using the author's name?
What is the origin of "giving [it] the old college try"?
Here's a citation from 1917: courtesy of a wordorigins discussion of this very question: A newspaper column by that title by Billy Sunday which has a 1917 copyright by The Bell Syndicate Inc. Appears …
single word requests - Is there a term for the sound of a bicycle bell ...
Sep 5, 2013 · A bicycle bell is a percussive signaling instrument mounted on a bicycle for warning pedestrians and other cyclists. Wikipedia says that a bicycle bell produces a "ding-ding" sound, and …