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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
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 "
colloquialisms - Words are not sparrows; once they have flown they . . . The bell, once rung, cannot be unrung or You cannot unring the bell Google books traces "cannot be unrung" to 1924: what is learned or suspected outside of court may have some influence on the judicial decision It may be only a subtle or even subconscious influence, but a bell cannot be unrung Adverse claimants have at least some reason
nouns - Why is the word pepper used for both capsicum (e. g. bell . . . The Online Etymology Dictionary states that Latin piper is the source of the English word (as well as “German Pfeffer, Italian pepe, French poivre, Old Church Slavonic pipru, Lithuanian pipiras, Old Irish piobhar, Welsh pybyr, etc ”)
single word requests - Is there a term for the sound of a bicycle bell . . . JINGLE BELL PUKY G22 9913-22 MM Another word as correctly suggested in the comment below (@PLL) and in the definition above is tinkle to give forth or make a succession of short, light, ringing sounds, as a small bell 63mm x 43mm x 54mm Black Bike Bicycle TINKLE BELL
past tense - English Language Usage Stack Exchange I begun to study early, studied hard till the bell was rang, then I run all the way and come to school in season, and recited awl my lessons perfect — Report of the annual examination of the public schools, Boston, 1852
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)
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'