Saved by the Bell
Everyone likes to be rescued from an unwanted situation or “saved by the bell.” Common belief suggests that the phrase originated with people who were scared to be buried alive and the bells they attached to their coffins. This, however, is false; as the phrase comes from the world of boxing where a boxer is saved from losing the fight when the round comes to an end (when the bell rings). Its first recorded use came from a newspaper called The Fitchburg Daily Sentinel (1893): “Martin Flaherty defeated Bobby Burns in 32 rounds by a complete knockout. Half a dozen times Flaherty was saved by the bell in the earlier rounds.”