Westacad Newsletter

December 2019

I’ll be there with bells on

ENGLISH IDIOM OF THE MONTH:
„I’ll be there with bells on“

 

MEANING
I am super excited to be invited to your event and will definitely be there.

TRANSLATION
Ich werde mit grossem Vergnügen kommen
wörtlich: ich werde mit Glocken dort sein

ORIGIN
Before the invention of the car, on special occasions they placed bells and ribbons on the horses used to pull the carriage. The phrase comes from the idea that you would put your bells on the horse before arriving at a special event.