sound as a bell

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sound as a bell (not comparable)

1. (simile, colloquial) In excellent condition.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act III, scene 2:

     He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks, his tongue speaks.

• clear as a bell