ring the bell

ring the bell
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However, with this latest suggestion you have rung the bell. I examine it narrowly and I find no flaw in it. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Very Good, Jeeves!’, ch. X) — Однако ваше последнее предложение было очень удачным. Я тщательно рассмотрел его и нахожу безупречным.

For the past four days all sorts of confused notions had been hammering at him but never quite ringing the bell... (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part II, ch. 3) — Последние четыре дня он тщетно ломал себе голову, теряясь в догадках, но ни разу не напал на верный след...

This new book rings the bell with teenagers. (RHD) — Эта новая книга пользуется успехом у подростков.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • ring the bell —    to impregnate a woman    Normally intentionally, from the fairground trial of strength which involves a blow with a sledgehammer to drive an object up a vertical column. If the object reaches the top, the bell placed there will ring …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • who will ring the bell? — asks who will assume the responsibility to help us out of a difficult situation.  …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • ring a bell — In a rural Wisconsin town, the local church erected a belfry and bell tower to the top of the church to add to the sevices for Sunday. Unfortunately, the job required somone to not only ring the bell at the appropriate times, but to act as a live …   English expressions

  • ring the bell — succeed, prosper …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ring the bell, — idi to be outstandingly satisfactory …   From formal English to slang

  • ring the bells backward — To reverse the order of chimes • • • Main Entry: ↑bell ring the bell and ring the bells backward see under ↑bell1 • • • Main Entry: ↑ring …   Useful english dictionary

  • ring a bell — {v. phr.} To make you remember something; sound familiar. * /Not even the cat s meowing seemed to ring a bell with Judy. She still forgot to feed him./ * /When Ann told Jim the name of the new teacher it rang a bell, and Jim said, I went to… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • ring a bell — {v. phr.} To make you remember something; sound familiar. * /Not even the cat s meowing seemed to ring a bell with Judy. She still forgot to feed him./ * /When Ann told Jim the name of the new teacher it rang a bell, and Jim said, I went to… …   Dictionary of American idioms


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