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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
consonants - Why is there a double "ll" in "bell"? - English …
2016年2月22日 · The monosyllable bell was once spelled belle. Exactly why it retained the doubled L while April did not may be as much a matter of 15th C printers' choice and London …
"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 , …