ring a bell

We watch her ring a bell that pokes out from the wall at the bottom-left corner of the painting.

“Muffinshire Lane? Doesn’t ring a bell, I’m afraid. But don’t fret, Miss Lumley. I’ve a knack for navigation. It’s in the blood; the men in my family have been sailors going back generations. Say, do you happen to have a map handy? I bet I can help you sort everything out, if you’ll let me have a look.”

There are less well remembered presidents, for sure — does the name John Tyler ring a bell? — and assassins better known than Guiteau, but if you’re going to make a docudrama, it does help to choose a story that might be more surprising to viewers and comes with a murder built in.

Mr. Cash’s name may ring a bell.

These words also ring a bell, although I think the right’s depiction of Democrats as the party of elites — a party that includes most working-class people of color — paints with a pretty broad brush.