single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell?
Sep 11, 2011 · 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 "brrring" …
idioms - For whom the bell tolls - origin of "ask not" instead of ...
Jun 15, 2016 · HAGSTRUM: I was rather amused to read that after Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls came out with its quotation from John Donne's Devotions people came to the …
What does "hell's bells" refer to? - English Language & Usage …
Aug 24, 2020 · 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 …
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in …
Aug 24, 2016 · 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 …
etymology - Why do we "beat seven bells out of" someone?
[Apparently originally with allusion to the nautical tradition of sounding ‘eight bells’ to mark a sailor's death (i.e. sounding the ship's bell eight times, the usual signal for the end of a watch; …
How to cite an author who does not capltalize her name if you are ...
Feb 13, 2014 · According to the very link you have on CMoS, it says that one must capitalise and advises to re-write. Though oddly, while it (correctly) says "E. E. Cummings" is fine because …
"Obscene yourself" (literally) in Hemingway's "For Whom The Bell …
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 …
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 …
Etymology of "dong" and "dongle" - English Language & Usage …
imitative of the sound of a bell, c.1560. and similarly for ding: ding (v.) 1819, "to sound as metal when struck," possibly abstracted from ding-dong, of imitative origin. The meaning "to deal …
Origin of "Well, well, well. What do we have here?"
Jan 25, 2021 · Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for …