ça ne me dit rien

it doesn't ring a bell

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it doesn't ring a bell Used when something seems unfamiliar or when you don't remember it. In some contexts, it can also mean that something doesn't sound good or doesn't appeal to you.

FR: Non, ça ne me dit rien du tout.

EN: No, it doesn't ring a bell at all.

Rien à voir avec toi, Eva, mais ça ne me dit rien.

Nothing to do with you, Eva, but it doesn't ring a bell.

— Perfetti sconosciuti (2016)

Ça ne me dit rien du tout.

That doesn't ring a bell at all.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Non, ça ne me dit rien du tout.

No, that doesn't mean anything to me at all.

Ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.

That doesn't bode well.

Vu comme elles chuchotaient, ça ne me dit rien de bon.

The way they were whispering, it doesn't bode well.

— Tár (2022)

Voilà pourquoi ça ne me dit rien de sauter après vous.

That's why I have no desire to jump after you.

— Titanic (1997)

Tout ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.

All this doesn't mean anything to me.

Non, ça ne me dit rien.

No, that doesn't mean anything to me.

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Et ça ne me dit rien du tout.

And that doesn't ring a bell at all.

— Moscou ne croit pas aux larmes (1980)

Ça ne me dit rien.

That doesn't ring a bell.

— Le Château dans le ciel (1986)