(something) rings a bell (with one)
(something) rings a bell (with one)
Something seems familiar, reminds one of something, or stimulates an incomplete or indistinct memory. Your description rings a bell, but I don't think I've ever been there myself. A: "Have you ever heard of Steve Robinson?" B: "Yeah, the name rings a bell with me. Is he in accounting?"
See also: bell, ring
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- (something) doesn't ring a bell (with one)
- (one) could use (something)
- (one) doesn't give a rip (about something)
- (one) doesn't give a hoot (about something)
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- all righty
- (one) never would have guessed
- a horse of another
- a horse of another color
- a horse of another colour