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bell the cat

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    bel
    1) (a hollow object, usually of metal, which gives a ringing sound when struck by the clapper inside: church bells.) klokke, bjelle
    2) (any other mechanism for giving a ringing sound: Our doorbell is broken.) ringeklokke
    klokke
    I
    subst. \/bel\/
    1) klokke, bjelle
    2) ringeklokke, ringeapparat
    3) klokkeformet gjenstand
    4) ( sjøfart) glass (hver halvtime)
    5) telefonoppringning
    6) ( musikk) sjallstykke, (lyd)trakt, lydhorn (på blåseinstrument)
    7) ( boksing) gongong
    8) (zoologi, om hjortedyr) brøl, skrik
    9) (zoologi, på hjortedyr) hudpose på halsen
    bell, book and candle etter alle kunstens regler, med alt som hører til
    clear as a bell klokkeklar
    give somebody a bell ringe noen, telefonere noen
    pull the bell dra i klokkestrengen
    ring a bell ( hverdagslig) høres kjent ut, lyde kjent, minne om noe, minne en på noe
    does his name ring a bell?
    ring the bell ringe på (klokken) ringe med klokken ( overført) slå godt ut, treffe midt i blinken, gå rett hjem
    saved by the bell (boksing, også overført) reddet av gongongen
    strike\/sound the bells (sjøfart, slå på skipsklokken hver halve time) slå glass
    II
    verb \/bel\/
    1) sette klokke(r) på, henge bjelle(r) på
    2) (zoologi, om hjortedyr) brøle, skrike
    3) (britisk, hverdagslig) plinge, telefonere
    bell the cat ( også overført) henge bjella på katten

    English-Norwegian dictionary > bell

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  • bell the cat — ► bell the cat take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself. [ORIGIN: an allusion to a fable in which the mice suggest hanging a bell around the cat s neck to have warning of its approach.] Main Entry: ↑bell …   English terms dictionary

  • bell the cat — To bell the cat is to perform a difficult or impossible task …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Bell the cat — Belling the cat or to bell the cat is an English colloquialism that means to suggest or attempt to perform a difficult or impossible task. [ [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/To+bell+the+cat To Bell the Cat ] thefreedictionary.com. Accessed… …   Wikipedia

  • bell the cat — verb take a risk; perform a daring act Who is going to bell the cat? • Hypernyms: ↑risk, ↑put on the line, ↑lay on the line • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * phrasal …   Useful english dictionary

  • bell the cat — take the danger of a shared enterprise upon oneself. [an allusion to a fable in which the mice suggest hanging a bell around the cat s neck to have warning of its approach.] → bell …   English new terms dictionary

  • To bell the cat — cat cat (k[a^]t), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. katt, Icel. k[ o]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. ga ta, ga tos, Russ. & Pol. kot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. Cf. {Kitten}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bell the cat — Synonyms and related words: affront, beard, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, confront, court danger, defy danger, face, face the music, face up, face up to, flirt with death, front, go for broke, meet, meet boldly, meet head on, play… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • bell the cat — do the dangerous thing, take the risk, face the danger with bravery …   English contemporary dictionary

  • bell the cat — verb To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group …   Wiktionary

  • BELL-THE-CAT —    Archibald Douglas, Earl of Arran, so called from his offer to dispose by main force of an obnoxious favourite of the king, James III …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • bell the cat — phrasal to do a daring or risky deed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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