People would be buried with a rope leading from inside the coffin to a bell above the ground. This enabled anyone who was buried alive to ring the bell and to draw attention to the mistake. Since people would not expect to see their 'dead' loved ones again, a person resembling the deceased is a 'dead ringer'. This is also reputed to be the origin of the expression 'graveyard shift' because people from the village used to take it in turns to listen for the bell.
According to The Phrase Finder:
A ringer is a horse substituted for another of similar appearance in order to defraud the bookies. The word originated in the US horse-racing fraternity at the end of the 19th century. The word is defined for us in a copy of the Manitoba Free Press from October 1882: "A horse taken through the country and trotted under a false name and pedigree if called a 'ringer.'"
This source also discounts the graveyard as the source of the phrase "saved by the bell"
I'm only nine so it means buried alive.
The expression "dead ringer" means an exact physical likeness of one person to another.
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A 'dead man walking' is a person freely walking and moving (i.e. alive) but certainly very soon-to-be killed.
There is no such phrase. There is a word rampage. It is of Scottish origin, perhaps from RAMP, to rear up.
The Spanish for "I have put" is he puesto, could this be the origin?
The expression "dead ringer" means an exact physical likeness of one person to another.
The origin of the phrase 'dead easy comes from the English language. The term dead actually meant 'simple' or 'completely' and dates back to the 14th century with this usage.
Dead Ringer for Love was created in 1981-11.
Dead Ringer - album - was created on 1981-09-04.
The dead ringer in tf2 can be obtained by a timed drop, or by completing Spy Achievements
Taggart - 1983 Dead Ringer 1-2 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:M
Meat Loaf
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Dead Ringer - 2011 was released on: USA: 20 October 2011 (Emerging Filmmakers Project) (Denver, Colorado) (Premiere)
The Weekenders - 2000 Dead Ringer 1-15 was released on: USA: 6 May 2000
The Locals - 2013 A Dead Ringer 1-2 was released on: USA: 21 January 2014
Checkmate comes from the Persian phrase "shah mat," which means "the king is dead."