< Ring a bell>： 字面的意思是“把铃按响了”，日常也使用。但是人们说这个短语的时候，更多的使用它寓意是：听起来耳熟；或让某人想起某事。
例句：
- Does the name Jackie Chan ring a bell? 有一个叫杰克的，有印象吗？
- His name doesn’t ring a bell, so I show her the picture. 对他的名字没有印象，我于是给她看了照片。
- The name does not ring a bell with me. 我对这个名字完全没有印象。
<Red Flag>：字面意思是红旗，寓意是“ 危险的信号”， 既 Warning Sign。在中文中，红色也是具有“危险”含义的词，譬如指某事“亮红灯”，表示行不通或者不安全的预警信号。
例句：
- We didn’t swim at the beach last weekend because the red flag was up. 上周末，我们没有在海边游泳，因为有禁止游泳信号。
- They always say that there are lots of red flags to look out for when you start dating. 他们经常说，当你刚开始约会的时候，要留意对方很多的“危险信号旗”。
- It was a red flag when she told me that she had 3 kids from 3 different men. 当她告诉我，她有三个孩子分别来自三个男人，我嗅到了“危险信号旗”。
<When it rains it pours>: 字面的意思是刚下雨，就倾盆而下了。寓意是困难和不幸总是接踵而来，与之对应的是中文的谚语“ 屋漏偏缝连夜雨，船迟又遇打头风”。
例句：
- Everyone in my family caught the flu last week at the same time, and then my dog broke his leg. When it rains, it pours. 上周我们全家都得了流感，偏偏赶上狗又折了腿。
- I got fired, my girlfriend broke up with me, and my grandfather died, all in the same week. When it rains, it pours. 上周，我被开除，女友和我分手，然后爷爷病逝，真是屋漏偏缝连夜雨啊！
- I was always told about when it rains, it pours. That is the reason why I save as much of my salary every month as possible. 我经常被警告，不好的事情总是会接着来，所以我每月存钱，未雨绸缪。
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