看绝望的主妇学高频短语：Ring a bell

Ring a bell: To seem familiar, remind one of something, or stimulate an incomplete or indistinct memory. If something rings a bell, it is slightly familiar to you and you know you have heard it before, but you do not remember it fully. Fig. [for something] to cause someone to remember something or for it to seem familiar.

中文释义：ring a bell意思是似曾相识，使人回想起。生活中，如果对事情或者对一个人一时想起，但并不十分确定，就可以用这个短语来表达。例句：Do you know Thomas Clyde? That name rings a bell.（你知道托马斯克莱德吗？这名字很熟悉。）看到ring a bell是不是想起了ring the bell，形式上一字之差，含义上毫无关联，可别混淆啦。ring the bell意思是铃响了，按响门铃。