Example: The teacher asked the student a surprise question, which the student couldn't answer. Luckily, the bell quickly rang, and the teacher was forced to dismiss the class. The student was literally saved by the bell.
Monday, July 6, 2015
SAVED BY THE BELL
If you were "saved by the bell," you were saved by the last minute intervention of someone or something, such as a bell ringing. This idiom comes from the sport of boxing where a boxer who is down can be saved by the bell which rings at the end of a round.
Example: The teacher asked the student a surprise question, which the student couldn't answer. Luckily, the bell quickly rang, and the teacher was forced to dismiss the class. The student was literally saved by the bell.
Example: The teacher asked the student a surprise question, which the student couldn't answer. Luckily, the bell quickly rang, and the teacher was forced to dismiss the class. The student was literally saved by the bell.
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