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sound as a bell

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*sound as a bell
in perfect condition or health; undamaged. (*Also: as ~.) The doctor says that the old man's heart's as sound as a bell. I thought the vase was broken when it fell, but it was sound as a bell.
See also: bell, sound


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That was the gruesome part of it--this dreadful thing had come upon him at a moment when he could have sworn that he was sound as a bell.
 
 
 
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