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Phrase(s): with bells on (one’s toes)
Fig. eagerly, willingly, and on time. • Oh, yes! I’ll meet you at the restaurant. I’ll be there with bells on. • All the smiling children were there waiting for me with bells on their toes.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Ready to celebrate, eagerly, as in Of course I'll come; I'll be there with bells on. This metaphoric expression alludes to decorating oneself or one's clothing with little bells for some special performance or occasion. A well-known nursery rhyme has: "See a fine lady upon a white horse, Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes, And she shall have music wherever she goes" (in Gammer Gurton's Garland, 1784).
American Heritage Idioms