Jun 15, 2016聽路 "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.
Mar 14, 2012聽路 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,.
Sep 5, 2013聽路 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.
Aug 24, 2020聽路 The expression "hell's bells" conveys anger, irritation, or surprise, according to CED, MW etc, but they do not explain the origin. Were there bells in hell? What is this in reference.
May 28, 2024聽路 The first form, " bell crank " tells me that we are talking about a crank which turns/actuates a bell. The second form " bell-crank " tells me that we are talking about bell-shaped.
Apr 13, 2017聽路 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.
Sep 11, 2011聽路 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?
Aug 24, 2016聽路 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..
The picture is that the alarm is loud (a siren, bell, etc) and indicates danger of some sort. In a computer system, an "alarm" might simply be a light or a sentence printed, but the mental picture still applies..