Why not ring and run? Or ding and dash?
How do people get such dumb colloquialisms to stick?
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Which also can double for when you have a one-night stand.
Translated it would be : ( smal)bell pull
Belleke trek
Ik was uit mijn schoenen geslagen toen ik hoorde dat er delen in Nederland zijn waar ze het "belletje lellen" noemen ipv "belletje trekken"…
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A door prank?
Canadian here. We used both “Knicky knocky nine doors” and “ding dong ditch,” but if I remember correctly, the first was more prevalent, and definitely is the first thing that comes to mind for me personally.
Oh, and I’m a middle millennial.
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Schellabemberles would be the Swabian name