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Saved by the bell
This term which means saved at the last possible moment derives from when
people were buried with a bell above ground and a string in their coffin.
This was just in case someone happened to be buried alive, they could
ring the bell to notify others. This term is also used alot during boxing
matches in which one boxer is saved by the round bell.
This is from a site visitor:
Just a quick one about the "Saved by the bell" being when someone
was scared of dying. It was actually late back when they had no real way
to tell if someone had died and people were waking up (from a coma) in
the coffins so they started to fit coffins with bells. "The Graveyard
shift" is the person who would stay in the graveyard all night to
see if anyone rung the bell. And a "WAKE" also come from the
same time when they didnt have sure ways to tell if people were really
dead so they used to lay them on the side to see if they "Woke"
up. :)
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