What is the meaning of "Call it a day/night".
I have heard people saying "I am calling it a day". I tried to find out the meaning in dictionaries, but could not. Please let me know your answers.
Answer
The meaning of the phrase is to quit work and go home; to say that a day's work has been completed. I'm tired. Let's call it a day. The boss was mad because Tom called it a day at noon.
Another example:
"It's past five o'clock so let's call it a day."
The origin of this phrase is explained as below:
The original phrase was "call it half a day", first recorded in 1838, which referred to leaving one's place of employment before the work day was over. The first recorded use of call it a day was in 1919, and of call it a night in 1938.
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