THE DOOR WAS OPENED VS THE DOOR WAS OPEN [DUPLICATE]
Dec 1, 2015 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'. From english.stackexchange.com
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 , … From english.stackexchange.com
POLITENESS - HOW SHOULD I TELL SOMEONE "I CALLED YOU BUT YOU DIDN'T ...
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WHERE DOES IT COMES FROM "PULL THE OTHER LEG, IT'S GOT BELLS ON"?
Dec 20, 2019 @Astralbee I was born in Derbyshire in 1949 and I can remember "pull the other one it's got bells on" from the late '50s. From english.stackexchange.com
A FIGURE OF SPEECH TO ILLUSTRATE THE IRREVERSIBILITY OF AN ACTION
May 2, 2016 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 … From english.stackexchange.com
COLLOQUIALISMS - WORDS ARE NOT SPARROWS; ONCE THEY HAVE FLOWN …
Oct 6, 2017 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 … From english.stackexchange.com
ETYMOLOGY - WHAT CAUSED BELL PEPPERS TO BE CALLED CAPSICUMS IN …
Aug 24, 2016 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 … From english.stackexchange.com
ETYMOLOGY - WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF "RINGS A BELL"? - ENGLISH …
Mar 14, 2012 In a series of experiments, Pavlov then tried to figure out how these phenomena were linked. For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed. If the bell was sounded in … From english.stackexchange.com
IDIOMS - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS - ORIGIN OF "ASK NOT" INSTEAD OF ...
Jun 15, 2016 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 … From english.stackexchange.com
SINGLE WORD REQUESTS - WHAT DO YOU CALL THE SOUND OF A BELL?
Sep 11, 2011 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" … From english.stackexchange.com
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