alarm bell
alarm bell · alarm bells
тревожный звонок
Alarmglocke
A sudden awareness of dangerA sudden awareness of danger.
» That set off alarm bells.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(figuratively, usually plural)A sudden awareness of danger.
Alarmglocke
трево́жный звоно́кtrevóžnyj zvonók
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see alarm, bell.
the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)
Examples
6 sentencesThat set off alarm bells.
Yanni's friend was setting off alarm bells.
Друг Янні активував сигнал тривоги. — Ahha
Alarm bells were going off in my head like crazy.
Yanni's alarm bells went off.
The second the alarm bell went off, the kids in the room scurried around in panic.
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
sudden awareness of danger:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sudden awareness of danger:
Forms
plural: alarm bells| Singular | alarm bell |
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regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- the sound of an alarm (usually a bell):tocsin