单词 | clear as a bell |
释义 | clear as a bellSEE SYNONYMS FOR clear as a bell ON THESAURUS.COM Pure as the sound of a bell; also, readily understood. For example, Did you understand the message I left you?—Yes, clear as a bell. This simile, which alludes to the bell's clarity owing to lack of overtones, was already a proverb in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670). Words nearby clear as a bellclean wool, clear, clear-air turbulence, clearance, clear and present danger, clear as a bell, clear as crystal, clear as mud, clear away, clear cell, clear channel The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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