(something) doesn't ring a bell (with one)
(something) doesn't ring a bell (with one)
Something does not seem familiar, remind one of something, or stimulate an incomplete or indistinct memory. Your description doesn't ring a bell, probably because I've never been there myself. A: "Have you ever heard of Steve Robinson?" B: "Hmm, the name doesn't ring a bell with me."
See also: bell, ring
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (something) rings a bell (with one)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- (one) could use (something)
- (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
- all righty
- (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
- (one) never would have guessed
- (one) won't hear of (something)
- all right
- a/the feel of (something)