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What is the name of the sound that a coin makes when hitting coins . . . This can usually be called clink A light, sharp ringing sound, as of glass or metal It should be noted though that it isn't just limited to coins and, as such, can be used for multiple purposes However, for what you describe, it could possibly be one of the better words For what it's worth, there's a sound-effect by the title clink of coins
Underpants on the outside - English Language Usage Stack Exchange There is a bit of a history behind this The Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell used the allegation by Alastair Campbell that he had observed (John) Major tucking his shirt into his underpants to caricature him wearing his pants outside his trousers, as a pale grey echo of both Superman and Supermac, a parody of Harold Macmillan Wikipedia ["Super-Mac" was from a 1958 cartoon image of Harold
Origin of the phrase under your belt? - English Language Usage . . . The literal meaning of having something under your belt is having it in your stomach, but it’s probably more frequently used figuratively, to mean having acquired something, often intellectual For example, the OED has these two supporting citations, from the English novelists P G Wodehouse (1954) and John Wain (1962): Just as you have got Hamlet and Macbeth under your belt He wanted me to
adjectives - Is calling a gerund in calling bell? - English . . . 2 calling-bell It all boils down to whether "calling bell" means a static door bell or a bell that is actively calling in order to seek attention In the static door bell reading it's a compound noun, hyphenated, consisting of a gerund-participle verb + noun, with a purposive meaning: "bell for calling"
Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings? Dinner is considered to be the "main" or largest meal of the day Whether it takes place at noon or in the evening is mostly a cultural thing For instance, many people who grew up in the American South and or on farms traditionally ate larger meals at noontime to give them the strength to keep working through the afternoon Supper is more specifically a lighter evening meal Rooted in the
A figure of speech to illustrate the irreversibility of an action 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 about its history here: Unring the Bell (impossibility of taking back a statement or action)