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idioms - For whom the bell tolls - origin of ask not instead of . . . HAGSTRUM: I was rather amused to read that after Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls came out with its quotation from John Donne's Devotions people came to the libraries and wanted the complete works of John Donne Here was one book which influenced another much in the same manner as a movie will influence the sale of the book
single word requests - What do you call the sound of a bell? - English . . . The sound of a hand held brass bell, to me, is "ding-a-ling " "Tinkle" would apply at best to a very small bell (and at worst is slang for urinate as I commented above), and "brrring" would apply to the repeated hammering on a bell such as one used to hear telephones or school bells make "Bling" is slang for gaudy jewellery!
If as when necessary - English Language Usage Stack Exchange All three read roughly the same to me but if I were to divide them I would do along a spectrum of how often it may be necessary to press the bell 3 implies (very weakly) pressing once, otherwise whenever would be there in formal language 2 Implies several presses to my mind 1 Seems very neutral
Lunch vs. dinner vs. supper — times and meanings? @Mitch: As an American, I'd mostly agree with Matthias that "lunch" refers to a noon-time meal and "supper" to an evening meal regardless of size, while "dinner" specifically refers to a larger or more formal meal
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in some . . . 1707 H Sloane Voy Islands I 241 Bell Pepper The fruit is large somewhat shaped like a bell ("pepper, n " OED Online Oxford University Press, June 2016 Web 24 August 2016 Sense 3 ) Capsicum, on the other hand, is first attested as a botanical term for the plant in 1664, and as a term for the plant's fruit in 1725 ("capsicum, n "
word choice - What Is the Real Name of the #? - English Language . . . 1996 New Scientist 30 Mar 54 3 The term ‘octothorp(e)’ (which MWCD10 dates 1971) was invented for ‘#’, allegedly by Bell Labs engineers when touch-tone telephones were introduced in the mid-1960s ‘Octo-’ means eight, and ‘thorp’ was an Old English word for village: apparently the sign was playfully construed as eight fields
What is a thorpe? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange 1996 New Scientist 30 Mar 54 3 The term ‘octothorp(e)’ (which MWCD10 dates 1971) was invented for ‘#’, allegedly by Bell Labs engineers when touch-tone telephones were introduced in the mid-1960s ‘Octo-’ means eight, and ‘thorp’ was an Old English word for village: apparently the sign was playfully construed as eight fields
The door was opened vs The door was open [duplicate] The door was open In this sentence 'open' is an adjective It means 'not closed or blocked up' The sentence has the same structure as 'the boy was smart' or 'the girl is beautiful'
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)