ring a bell

ring a bell  {v. phr.}
To make you remember something; sound familiar.
Not even the cat's meowing seemed to ring a bell with Judy. She still forgot to feed him.
When Ann told Jim the name of the new teacher it rang a bell, and Jim said, "I went to school with a James Carson."
Categories: verb
Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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