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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!
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 "
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 ”)
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)
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 - Origin of using clocked to mean noticed - English . . . The second is based on the origins of 'clock', (OED ~ "Middle English clok(ke , clocke , was either < Middle Dutch clocke (modern Dutch klok ‘bell, clock’), or < Old Northern French cloke , cloque = Central French cloche ‘bell’"), and an alternative use for bell clock that was to have it tied around the necks of cattle to make them
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
grammar - how much vegetables or how many vegetables? - English . . . How many chopped bell peppers is acceptable (2), as is how many bell peppers do I chop How much bell peppers do I chop is not ok, although how much chopped bell pepper is The former is refering to the bell peppers and requires a number answer refering directly to the bell peppers, the later refers to a unit (cups, grams, hogsheads, etc ) of