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Yes Yes Yes. "I'll be there with bells on". I did look up the meaning..... 

Posted 5/20/2012 at 8:16:08 PM

of that phrase.

"With bells on"  Meaning

Eager; ready to participate.  (Oh.... and I am VERY EAGER)

Origin
This phrase is frequently used in reply to a party invitation and the common format in that case is to indicate one's enthusiasm with 'I'll be there with bells on!'. The phrase originated in the late 19th/early 20th centuries and most of the early citations of it suggest a US origin. The first record of it that I have found in print, which I doubt is the earliest usage, is in F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Beautiful and the Damned, 1922:    "All-ll-ll righty. I'll be there with bells!"

VAMIKEY.....you probably already knew that bit of trivia ;-)





 

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