| 释义 |
bells noun bell-bottomed trousers. Naval origins UK, 1948
idiombells► pull the other one, it's got bells on —see pull the other one!► hear wedding bellsalarm/warning bells ringused in order to say that people are starting to realize that there is a problem with something:Alarm bells were ringing - social services should have provided supervision for the child.The news that oil prices had shot above $40 a barrel set alarm bells ringing in Brussels.sth rings alarm/warning bells: Anderson's attitude on defense is ringing warning bells in the Pentagon.bells and whistlesextra features added to a product that are not necessary but will make people think that it is special:We can't put the bells and whistles onto a job that will only bring us £2000 of income.Many computer users will never need half the bells and whistles in this word-processing package.hell's bellsold-fashioned said when you are annoyed or surprised:Oh hell's bells, I knew the answer to that question but I've forgotten it.with bells on AmEAmE1 (also with bells on it) used in order to emphasize that you do something in the most complete, thorough, or best way:"Eating is a celebration," he said. "Enjoy yourself with bells on, but don't overdo it."If AuCoin had run for re-election, he would have had our endorsement with bells on it.2 (also be waiting with bells on) if you are somewhere with bells on, you are excited about what you are going to do and expect to have a good time:"So, you'll be here at 9 o'clock?" "With bells on."The new playground was set to open at 12:00, and at 11:30 there must have been seventy or eighty kids waiting outside the gates with bells on. —compare with knobs onNote This idiom probably comes from a time in the past when people put bells on their horses when they were going to parties, dances, or other kinds of celebrations.
(redirected from bells)
See:- (as) clear as a bell
- (as) sound as a bell
- alarm bell
- alarm bells start ringing
- alarm bells start to ring
- answer the bell
- as clear as a bell
- be as sound as a bell
- be there with bells on
- bear away the bell
- bear the bell
- bell out
- bell the cat
- bell the cat, who will
- bell, book, and candle
- bell, book, and candle things that are miraculous or that signal that
- bells and whistles
- born within the sound of Bow bells
- clear as a bell
- dumbbell
- get (one's) bell rung
- give (one) a bell
- give her the bells and let her fly
- give somebody a bell
- give someone a bell
- Hell’s bells and buckets of blood!
- hell's bells
- hell's bells and buckets of blood
- Hell's bells!
- Ma Bell
- Mama Bell
- pull the other leg (it's got bells on)!
- Pull the other one(, it's got bells on)!
- ring (one's) bell
- ring (one's) bells
- ring a bell
- ring someone's bell
- ring the bell
- rings a bell, that
- saved by the bell
- set alarm bells ringing
- set off alarm bells
- sound as a bell
- unring a bell
- warning bells start ringing
- warning bells start to ring
- wear the cap and bells
- who will bell the cat
- with bells on
- you can't unring a bell
|