10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUND AS A BELL»
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Sound as a bell. 1 599: Shakespeare, Much Ado, III ii. He hath a heart as sound
as a bell. 1607: B.Barnes, Dii-ils Charter, sig. Kl. 1687: Sedley, Bellamira, III, I am
as sound as a bell, fat, plump and juicy. 1720: Gay, Poems, ii 278 (Underbill), ...
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
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Chambers Pocket Dictionary
sound as a bell (Br coll) in very good condition or health. [OE belle] bell-bottoms '
pl) trousers with legs which are much wider at the bottom than at the top. — adj
bell-bottomed, bell-boy or (US) bell-hop n a man or boy who works in a hotel, ...
Elaine Higgleton, Howard Sargeant, Anne Seaton, 1992
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
Nowadays, the phrase is often used in computing jargon to mean 'attractive but
superfluous facilities'. saved by the bell: see sAvED. as clear (or sound) as a bell
perfectly clear (or sound). 1993 Independent We spent a few thousand on ...
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English-Albanian Dictionary of Idioms
It's his job to sort out real grievances. sound as a bell/roach, as shendoshe e mire
, shendoshe si molla □ Don Pedro. ...He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his
heart thinks, his tongue speaks. □ 'Nessie doesn't take after you, Mr. Brondie, ...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
Also in forms soon, soon So; zonn Dev}; zound Brks.1 [Sc. and n.Cy. sfin(d, s.C .
sound] 1. In phr. (1) as sound as a bell, (a) perfect y sound, in erfect condition,
without flaw or defect; (b) orthodox in octrine; (a) —as a roach, see (1, a). (1, a)
Cid.
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The Modern Anglo-Bengali Dictionary:
To sound as a bell ; ( nfct *I^fe ) ^tfr3 *<e*1. f5HtPf$ ^9*1 I 2. To cause to sound a
bell ; as, to ring for a servant ; ^ ^taftl I 3. To sound ; to resound ; f=Htft$ 3«S1 ; «tfe
<«Pre ?«51 I 4. To have the sensation of some continued sound ; to tingle ; as, ...
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Flowers of fancy,
a collection of similes taken from various ...
My heart is as sound as a bell. Play, Trial of Chivalry; Barnaby Barnes, 8? others.
Sound as a roach. T. Shadwell, Ravenscroft, Sf others. — as a fish. Play, Beau
Merchant; Old Poetry, a Question. — as a rock. General Conway. — as old wine.
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Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Sound as a bell. Quite sound. A cracked bell is useless as a bell. BUnde Fortune
did so happily contrive, That we as sound as l>ells, did safe arive At Dover.
Taglor'e Work*. II, 22 (16301. Tolling the bell for church. The " church-going bell,"
as ...
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, 2001
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The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Second Edition
This idiom was first recorded in 1605. sound 0 In addition to the idioms beginning
with sOUND, also see sAFE AND sOUND. sound as a bell In excellent condition,
as in Now that the brakes have been relined, the car is sound as a ...
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The Epistles of St. Peter
We are familiar with the phrase “as sound as a bell,” and the usage will act as
part-interpreter of the apostle's thought. “Sound as a bell!” There is no break in
the metal, no severance in the elements; it holds together in compact and
undivided ...
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But at last night's performance of the ballet at the Sydney Opera House, dancer Olivia Bell received the best present of all. After she danced as the Sugar Plum ... «The Age, Dec 07»
