From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhave a familiar ringhave a familiar ringREMEMBERif something has a familiar ring, you feel that you have heard it before His voice had a strangely familiar ring. → ring
Examples from the Corpus
have a familiar ring• The terrors which Mr Cash expresses about our future in the community have a familiar ring about them.• These and other questions have a familiar ring because versions of these same questions are posted in various places on the walls.• Some findings will have a familiar ring in the West. 