single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell?
2011年9月11日 · The sound of a hand held brass bell, to me, is "ding-a-ling." "Tinkle" would apply at best to a very small bell (and at worst is slang for urinate as I commented above), and …
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in …
2016年8月24日 · 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. 241 Bell Pepper. The fruit is large..somewhat shaped like a bell.. . . ("pepper, n." OED Online. Oxford University Press, June 2016. Web. 24 …
What is the origin of the idiom "with all the bells and whistles"?
2015年10月19日 · Not sure about the cattle, but you could be on the right lines with country fairs. The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (by Julia Cresswell), under the entry on 'Bell', states …
colloquialisms - Words are not sparrows; once they have flown …
2017年10月6日 · The bell, once rung, cannot be unrung. or. You cannot unring the bell. Google books traces "cannot be unrung" to 1924:... what is learned or suspected outside of court may …
grammar - Why "go off", as in "alarm went off"? - English …
It dates from medieval England when households revolved around a fire upon which a pot would be continuously simmering. This was linked to some sort of bell which would chime …
What does "hell's bells" refer to? - English Language & Usage …
2020年8月24日 · The Phrase Finder is a recommended reference. << What's the origin of the phrase 'Hell's bells'? The exclamation 'Hell's bells' has been used in both the UK and the USA …
A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action
2016年5月2日 · 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 …
"Obscene yourself" (literally) in Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell …
2017年11月1日 · 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 …
word choice - What Is the Real Name of the #? - English Language ...
2014年4月5日 · 1996 New Scientist 30 Mar. 54/3 The term ‘octothorp(e)’ (which MWCD10 dates 1971) was invented for ‘#’, allegedly by Bell Labs engineers when touch-tone telephones were …
etymology - Origin of using "clocked" to mean "noticed" - English ...
The second is based on the origins of 'clock', (OED ~ "Middle English clok(ke , clocke , was either < Middle Dutch clocke (modern Dutch klok ‘bell, clock’), or < Old Northern French cloke , …