2006-10-09 07:19:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
In schools when the bell would ring the class was over and if the teacher asked a question and the bell rang before you answered you were not required to answer because class was over, and thus saved from a wrong answer and embarassment by the school bell.
2006-10-09 07:22:38 · answer #1 · answered by weebles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saved by the bell originally comes from boxing. When somebody is about to be knocked out and the bell rings at the end of the round, then the boxer is saved by the bell. It is more or less the same as blessing in disguise.
2006-10-09 07:34:41 · answer #2 · answered by lanisoderberg69 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I do believe it comes from boxing. At the end of each round, the bell rings. If a boxer has been knocked down, a count of ten begins. If the boxer stands up before 10, then the boxing match will continue. If this happens at the very end of the round, sometimes the bell would ring before the full count of 10 had finished. This was being saved by the bell.
Most boxing leagues have dicontinued this practice, and boxers can no longer be saved by the bell.
2006-10-09 07:33:31 · answer #3 · answered by ktan_the_siren 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I dont believe it was anything to do with boxing.
They say its because in the "olden" days they'd sometimes dig up the dead and the coffin would have claw marks on it meaning some people were actually buried alive. From then on they put a piece of string into the coffee leading to the surface attached to a bell, and someone would have to listen to the bell ( which is where we get the "graveyard shift" from) If a grave had a bell that rang...hey pesto "saved by the bell".
2006-10-09 07:51:52 · answer #4 · answered by pixilated 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not sure of the exact answer to your question but "missmossy's" answer is something I have read of before however I don't recall it being "saved by the bell" but thinking it was a "dead ringer" ? The part about the "graveyard shift" is true tho. Someone had to sit as a watch guard all night long at the cemetery to listen for the sound of ringing bells.
2006-10-11 16:27:22 · answer #5 · answered by LostInReality 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is from boxing. When an opponent was knocked out and the bell rang before the count was completed the person was not out. He was saved by the bell
2006-10-09 07:28:26 · answer #6 · answered by BUPPY'S MEME 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Boxing....if a fighter is knocked down during a fight, the referee starts counting to 10. If the boxer is able to stand on his own before the referee reaches 10, and can defend himself, the fight continues. If he cannnot, he is considered "knocked out" and the fight is over.
At the beginning and end of each round, a bell is rung. If the bell is rung at the end of a round while the referee is counting to 10, the referee stops counting and the fighter is not considered knocked out. This is called "being saved by the bell".
2006-10-09 07:33:25 · answer #7 · answered by Steve H 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
From the end of a boxing match.
If an opponent is about to fall over or be knocked out...
The bell rings, ending the round. It may save the guy losing the match.
2006-10-09 09:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by Robin F 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A Neanderthal man named Joe hit his Friend, named Mike, with a rock.
Mike hollered, HELP someone save me from Joe.
Another clan ( named Bell) from down the road was walking by and the Chief said "Stop, Joe don't hit him anymore".
Mike's sister said "Joe was saved by the Bell's".
Alas, this was the first time the saying was spoken.
Now you know.
2006-10-09 08:05:58 · answer #9 · answered by neil r 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boxing.
2006-10-09 07:27:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋