2007-01-07 12:12:54 · 5 answers · asked by kmm4864990 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
the "bell" would toll to anounce a death. the ask saying is ask not for whom the bell tolls... it tolls for thee. in the original context it meant it was that person's time to die
2007-01-07 12:21:19 · answer #1 · answered by Chris C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase is taken from an Ernest Hemingway novel, according to Wilkepedia the following is the actual quote.
The title is taken from "Meditation XVII" of Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, a 1624 metaphysical poem by John Donne.
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."
2007-01-07 12:21:01 · answer #2 · answered by marianne_whitehead 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's from a poem written by John Donne. The bells in the church toll for the deceased.
2007-01-07 12:21:20 · answer #3 · answered by lyyman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"For Whom the Bell Tolls" was the name of a book authored by Ernest "Papa" Hemingway.
2007-01-07 12:23:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does this have to do with Maintenace and Repairs?
2007-01-08 03:52:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋