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Synonyms

clear as a bell

Idioms  

  1. Pure as the sound of a bell; also, readily understood. For example, Did you understand the message I left you?—Yes, clear as a bell. This simile, which alludes to the bell's clarity owing to lack of overtones, was already a proverb in John Ray's English Proverbs (1670).

Example Sentences

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There was Phillips name, clear as a bell.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2023

“The lawyers looked at it and it was just as clear as a bell that’s grounds for severing these contracts.”

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2021

In Johnson’s quirkily associative mind, the connection to the self-blinding, incestuous King Oedipus would have been as clear as a bell.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2021

When this series set two generations before Krypton’s destruction debuted in 2018 its relevance to the much-vaunted resistance were clear as a bell.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2019

But I swear I’ve heard my grandfather’s voice, as clear as a bell.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

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