hang in the bell-ropes—(UK arch.) said of a postponed marriage:
- During the currency of the three Sundays on which the banns were proclaimed the young couple were said jocosely to be “hanging in the bell-ropes.”
hang on the bell—ring the doorbell over and over again:
- I want to see mountains again. And then find somewhere I can rest without a pack of relatives prying around or confounding visitors hanging on the bell.