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etymology - What is the origin of rings a bell? - English Language . . . For example, he struck a bell when the dogs were fed If the bell was sounded in close association with their meal, the dogs learnt to associate the sound of the bell with food After a while, at the mere sound of the bell, they responded by drooling Another possible origin is the one this page advocates:
etymology - What caused bell peppers to be called capsicums in some . . . A person working in an Indian supermarket was shocked when I told her it's called Bell Pepper in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland I had to pull out Wikipedia to convince her it was true (Probably because she associated pepper with the spice ) What is the historical etymological explanation for this divergence in names between countries?
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 to fear By 1948 it is in the Utah bar
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)
politeness - How should I tell someone I called you but you didnt . . . Follow up email: I'm writing to discuss [subject matter] I tried to reach you by phone last week but I couldn't get through (or, you were unavailable) So I wanted to ask you about [back to subject matter] Benefits: courteous, polite, easy-going clearly points out your attempt to call keeps focus on what you really want With minor adjustments, the same message could be used in a voicemail or
Origin of the phrase under your belt? - English Language Usage . . . The literal meaning of having something under your belt is having it in your stomach, but it’s probably more frequently used figuratively, to mean having acquired something, often intellectual For example, the OED has these two supporting citations, from the English novelists P G Wodehouse (1954) and John Wain (1962): Just as you have got Hamlet and Macbeth under your belt He wanted me to
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