sound as a bell

English

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Adjective

sound as a bell (not comparable)

(simile, colloquial) In excellent condition.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act III, scene 2:
  He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks.

Translations

in excellent condition

German: gesund wie ein Fisch im Wasser (de)
Russian: в по́лном здра́вии (v pólnom zdrávii)

See also

clear as a bell

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