clear as a bell

clear as a bell
((as) clear as a bell)
ясно, отчётливо

I could see the line of the horizon before me, as clear as a bell... (J. Conrad. ‘Lord Jim’, ch. VIII) — Я совершенно отчетливо видел линию горизонта...

‘Can you hear me now?’ ‘Clear as a bell!’ (S. Chaplin, ‘Sam in the Morning’, ch. 4) — - А сейчас вы меня слышите? - Прекрасно слышу.

Her laughter rang out clear as a bell. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The D. A. Draws a Circle’, ch. XV) — Сильвия рассмеялась. Ее звонкий смех напоминал колокольчик.


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

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  • bell — /bel/ noun (C) 1 a piece of electrical equipment that makes a ringing sound, used as a signal or to get someone s attention: The door bell rang but no one answered it. | Ring the bell once to make the bus stop. 2 (usually singular) the sound of a …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English


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