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alarm bell	A sudden awareness of danger.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
alarm bell	Used other than as an idiom: see alarm, bell.	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
attacher le grelot	To bell the cat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
attacher le grelot	To bell the cat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bell curve	a graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, with a large rounded peak tapering away at each end.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
bell it out	An electricians methodology to assure continuity in an electrical circuit. Utilizing and applying a low voltage power source to a circuit and applying a pretested door bell to the opposite end of the circuit to prove continuity.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bell out	To open out into a bell shape.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
bell the cat	To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Clear As a Bell	Anything that can be understood easily and without any confusion	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
clear as a bell	totally clear: distinct and unmistakeable, as a bell's tone is clearly heard	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
death knell	The tolling of a bell announcing death.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dire quelque chose	to ring a bell	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ring a bell	To seem at least vaguely familiar.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ring a Bell	Something that’s familiar, reminding or remembering something; recalling your deeper memories	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ring one's bell	To strike or bump one's own head with a strong blow, especially with concussive force.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
ring someone's bell	To physically traumatize someone with a strong blow, especially a concussive blow to the head.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
save by the bell	To rescue or favorably assist (someone) by means of a timely interruption or the sudden termination of difficult circumstances.	Rate it: (2.00 / 2 votes)
save by the bell	In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
saved by the bell	Rescued or favorably assisted by a timely interruption or by the sudden termination of difficult circumstances.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
Saved by the Bell	Saved from trouble or any embarrassing situation at the last moment, just rescued from danger	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
saved by the bell	In a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, spared from being counted out by the referee by the ringing of the bell which concludes the round.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sound as a bell	In excellent condition.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
unring a bell	To perform the impossible.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
unring a bell	To reverse the ringing of a bell.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
unring a bell	To reverse the irreversible.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you can't unring a bell	Some things can't be undone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you get what you pay for	In commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say so	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)