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English Idioms :: ring
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ringing.html - See: GIVE A RING, RUN CIRCLES AROUND or RUN RINGS AROUND, THREE-RING CIRCUS, THROW ONE'S HAT IN THE RING. |
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English Idioms :: ring a bell
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ringing.html - {v. phr.} To make you remember something; sound familiar. * /Not even the cat's meowing seemed to ring a bell with Judy. She still forgot to feed him./ * /When Ann told Jim the name of the new teacher it rang a bell, and Jim said, "I went to school with a James Carson."/ |
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English Idioms :: ring in
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ringing.html - {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To bring in (someone or something) from the outside dishonestly or without telling; often: hire and introduce under a false name. * /Bob offered to ring him in on the party by pretending he was a cousin from out of town./ * /No wonder their team beat us; they rang in a professional to pitch for them under the name of Dan Smith./ 2. To ring a special clock that records the time you work. * /We have to ring in at the shop before eight o'clock in the morning./ |
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English Idioms :: ring out
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ringing.html - {v.} To ring a special clock that records the time you leave work. * /Charles can't leave early in his new job; he has to ring out./ |
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English Idioms :: ring the changes
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ringing.html - {v. phr.} To say or do the same thing in different ways; repeat the same idea in many ways. * /David wanted a new bicycle and he kept ringing the changes on it all day until his parents got angry at him./ * /A smart girl saves money on clothes by learning to ring the changes on a few dresses and clothes./ |
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English Idioms :: ring true
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ringing.html - {v. phr.} To have a tone of genuineness; sound convincing. * /I believed his sob story about how he lost his fortune, because somehow it all rang true./ |
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