Что означает call it a day

call it a day

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We’ve been working for 10 straight hours. Let’s call it a day.

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I haven’t finished this piece of work but I’m so tired that I’ll have to call it a day.

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You can call it a day — На сегодня тебе, наверное, хватит пить

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Mrs. Ardsley: «I have nothing to complain of. I haven’t had an unhappy life. I’m prepared to call it a day.» (W. S. Maugham, ‘For Services Rendered’, act 3) — Миссис Ардсли: «Мне не приходится жаловаться. Несчастной я никогда не была. И я готова покончить счеты с жизнью.»

We’ve had some very jolly times together, but don’t you think the moment has come to call it a day. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Theatre’, ch. XXI) — Мы очень весело проводили время вместе, но не думаете ли вы, что наступил момент, когда нам придется расстаться.

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17 прекращать дело

См. также в других словарях:

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a day — If you call it a day, you stop doing something for a while, normally at least until the following day … The small dictionary of idiomes

call it a day — ► call it a day decide to stop doing something. Main Entry: ↑day … English terms dictionary

call it a day — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it quits • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary

call\ it\ a\ day — v. phr. To declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the party, and … Словарь американских идиом

call it a day — To sey let s call it a day is a way of suggesting that it is time to stop doing something, usually because of tiredness. After one last phone call, I decided to call it a day … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

call it a day — informal to stop doing something, especially working. After playing together for 20 years the band have finally decided to call it a day. It s almost midnight I think it s time to call it a day … New idioms dictionary

call it a day — not work anymore today, call it quits I m feeling very tired. I think I ll call it a day … English idioms

call it a day — Why is it you must wait until night to call it a day? … English expressions

call it a day — Synonyms and related words: break, breathe, button up, call a strike, call it quits, cap, carry to completion, clean up, climax, close down, close out, close shop, close up, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, end, finalize, finish, finish off … Moby Thesaurus

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call it a day

Смотреть что такое «call it a day» в других словарях:

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a day — If you call it a day, you stop doing something for a while, normally at least until the following day … The small dictionary of idiomes

call it a day — ► call it a day decide to stop doing something. Main Entry: ↑day … English terms dictionary

call it a day — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it quits • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary

call\ it\ a\ day — v. phr. To declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the party, and … Словарь американских идиом

call it a day — To sey let s call it a day is a way of suggesting that it is time to stop doing something, usually because of tiredness. After one last phone call, I decided to call it a day … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

call it a day — informal to stop doing something, especially working. After playing together for 20 years the band have finally decided to call it a day. It s almost midnight I think it s time to call it a day … New idioms dictionary

call it a day — not work anymore today, call it quits I m feeling very tired. I think I ll call it a day … English idioms

call it a day — Why is it you must wait until night to call it a day? … English expressions

call it a day — Synonyms and related words: break, breathe, button up, call a strike, call it quits, cap, carry to completion, clean up, climax, close down, close out, close shop, close up, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, end, finalize, finish, finish off … Moby Thesaurus

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call it a day

1 call it a day

2 call it a day

We’ve been working for 10 straight hours. Let’s call it a day.

3 call it a day

I haven’t finished this piece of work but I’m so tired that I’ll have to call it a day.

4 call it a day

You can call it a day — На сегодня тебе, наверное, хватит пить

5 call it a day

Mrs. Ardsley: «I have nothing to complain of. I haven’t had an unhappy life. I’m prepared to call it a day.» (W. S. Maugham, ‘For Services Rendered’, act 3) — Миссис Ардсли: «Мне не приходится жаловаться. Несчастной я никогда не была. И я готова покончить счеты с жизнью.»

We’ve had some very jolly times together, but don’t you think the moment has come to call it a day. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Theatre’, ch. XXI) — Мы очень весело проводили время вместе, но не думаете ли вы, что наступил момент, когда нам придется расстаться.

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12 Call it a day!

13 call it a day

14 call it a day

15 call option day

16 call option day

17 прекращать дело

См. также в других словарях:

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a day — If you call it a day, you stop doing something for a while, normally at least until the following day … The small dictionary of idiomes

call it a day — ► call it a day decide to stop doing something. Main Entry: ↑day … English terms dictionary

call it a day — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it quits • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary

call\ it\ a\ day — v. phr. To declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the party, and … Словарь американских идиом

call it a day — To sey let s call it a day is a way of suggesting that it is time to stop doing something, usually because of tiredness. After one last phone call, I decided to call it a day … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

call it a day — informal to stop doing something, especially working. After playing together for 20 years the band have finally decided to call it a day. It s almost midnight I think it s time to call it a day … New idioms dictionary

call it a day — not work anymore today, call it quits I m feeling very tired. I think I ll call it a day … English idioms

call it a day — Why is it you must wait until night to call it a day? … English expressions

call it a day — Synonyms and related words: break, breathe, button up, call a strike, call it quits, cap, carry to completion, clean up, climax, close down, close out, close shop, close up, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, end, finalize, finish, finish off … Moby Thesaurus

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Call time, call it a day

Last November, the Guardian newspaper contained an article. This was the headline.

В ноябре прошлого года в газете «Гардиан» была статья. Заголовок был такой:

“Alfred Brendel, piano maestro, calls time on concert career.”

«Алфред Брендел, (знаменитый) маэстро-пианист, объявил о скором завершении карьеры (calls time on concert career)».

Что значит «call time«?

Well, you may already know about Alfred Brendel. He is a pianist, or a “piano maestro” as the Guardian headline calls him.

He is famous for his playing of works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. We shall talk more about him in a minute.

Он знаменит исполнением произведений Гайдна, Моцарта, Бетховена и Шуберта. Через минуту мы поговорим о нём подробнее.

But what does “call time” mean? Until about 30 years ago, there were strict laws in Britain about when pubs could open.

Но что значит «call time«? Примерно 30 лет назад в Британии были строгие правила насчёт времени работы пабов.

Generally, all pubs had to close at 10.30 in the evening, and everyone had to stop drinking and leave the pub at that time.

Shortly before 10.30pm, the landlord of the pub used to ring a bell, and call out “Time, gentlemen, please!” or something like that.

Незадолго до 10.30 хозяин паба обычно звонил в колокольчик и выкрикивал «Время, господа, пожалуйста!» или что-то в этом роде.

So, “to call time” means to announce that you will soon close something, or soon finish something.

То есть «to call time» («выкрикивать время») значит объявить о скором закрытии, завершении работы.

Lets go back to the newspaper headline. “Alfred Brendel, piano maestro, calls time on his concert career”.

Вернёмся к газетному заголовку: «Alfred Brendel, piano maestro, calls time on his concert career».

It means that Alfred Brendel has announced that his career as a concert pianist will soon come to an end. In other words, he has said that he is going to retire.

Он означает, что Алфред Брендел объявил, что его карьера концертирующего пианиста скоро закончится. Другими словами, он уходит на (заслуженный) отдых.

There is another idiom with a similar meaning – “to call it a day”. Imagine that you have been working all day on a project for school or college.

Есть и другая идиома со сходным значением – «to call it a day«. Представьте, что вы работали весь день над каким-то проектом (заданием) для школы или колледжа.

It is now the evening and you are tired. Yes, there are some more things you could do, but you decide to stop now and go to bed. You “call it a day”.

Уже настал вечер, и вы устали. Можно было бы ещё что-то сделать, но вы решили закончить работу и лечь спать. Вы «call it a day» (говорите, что на сегодня хватит).

Alfred Brendel has decided, at the age of 77, to “call it a day” too.

Вот и Алфред Брендел, которому 77 лет, решил, что «с него хватит».

Alfred Brendel is a remarkable man. He was born in what is now the Czech Republic in 1931.

His family were not musical, and he had little formal training on the piano. Nonetheless, he made a successful career as a pianist from the 1950s.

Семья не была музыкальной, и он недолго учился игре на фортепиано. И тем не менее, с 50-х годов начал успешную карьеру пианиста.

Since the 1970s, he has lived in Britain. He is not only a famous pianist, he also writes about music, and writes poetry, both in English and in German.

С 1970-х годов он живёт в Британии. Он не только знаменитый пианист, но и пишет о музыке, пишет стихи на английском и немецком языках.

When he retires, at the end of this year, he wants to spend more time writing and teaching.

После прекращения концертов в конце года он хочет больше времени уделять своим книгам и преподаванию.

For the last 15 years, Alfred Brendel has come regularly to Birmingham to play in Symphony Hall. Last night, I attended his last concert here.

Последние 15 лет Алфред Брендел регулярно приезжал в Бирмингем на концерты в Симфоническом зале. Вчера вечером я был на его последнем концерте там.

Every ticket was sold, every seat in the hall was occupied. When he played, the audience was completely silent.

Были проданы все билеты до одного, все места были заняты. Когда он играл, аудитория хранила полное молчание.

As we say in English, you could have heard a pin drop. Alfred Brendel’s playing is very personal and very direct.

Как говорим мы в Англии, «слышно было, как упадёт булавка». Манера игры у Алфреда Брендела очень индивидуальная и откровенная.

It is as if he was in your sitting room, playing specially for you. At the end of the concert, we gave him a standing ovation, and he gave us two encores.

Впечатление, будто он играет у вас дома (в гостиной). После концерта слушатели встали и устроили ему овацию, и он сыграл ещё две вещи на бис.

It was a memorable occasion, though also a rather sad occasion.

Это было незабываемое событие, хотя и немного грустное.

To end the podcast, here is Alfred Brendel playing some music by Schubert. May he have a long and happy retirement.

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Let us call it a day. — На сегодня хватит.

Смотреть что такое «to call it a day» в других словарях:

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a dayTo declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. * / Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. / * /It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the … Dictionary of American idioms

call it a day/night — to stop an activity (such as work) for the remainder of the day or night We ve done enough work for now: let s call it a day. It s getting late. I think we should call it a night. • • • Main Entry: ↑call … Useful english dictionary

call it a day — If you call it a day, you stop doing something for a while, normally at least until the following day … The small dictionary of idiomes

call it a day — ► call it a day decide to stop doing something. Main Entry: ↑day … English terms dictionary

call it a day — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it quits • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary

call\ it\ a\ day — v. phr. To declare that a given day s work has been accomplished and go home; to quit for the day. Let s call it a day, the boss said, and go out for a drink. It was nearly midnight, so Mrs. Byron decided to call it a day, and left the party, and … Словарь американских идиом

call it a day — To sey let s call it a day is a way of suggesting that it is time to stop doing something, usually because of tiredness. After one last phone call, I decided to call it a day … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

call it a day — informal to stop doing something, especially working. After playing together for 20 years the band have finally decided to call it a day. It s almost midnight I think it s time to call it a day … New idioms dictionary

call it a day — not work anymore today, call it quits I m feeling very tired. I think I ll call it a day … English idioms

call it a day — Why is it you must wait until night to call it a day? … English expressions

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