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Hello everyone!
Welcome to Idiom 100, where we learn 100 commonly used idioms by native English speakers.
All of the explanations are in English, so it might be challenging for you,
but just try to imagine the meanings in your head and study hard and soon you'll be able to use these idioms in your conversations.
Is everyone ready? Let's begin.
Hello everyone! Nice to see you again.
Today's idiom is: call it a day.
Call it a day.
Alright, so let's think of a picture to help us imagine what this idiom might mean, okay?
So, you're making your schedule, okay, and you're listing out the things that you did today, okay?
Ate breakfast, took a shower, went to work, had lunch, came home, made dinner, did the laundry...
Oh, okay, that was a big day and now you're finished, so that whole list, we'll call it a day, right, and your day is finished.
Call it a day.
Alright, so let's listen to some examples and try to understand this idiom.
It’s almost 10pm. Let's call it a day and finish the rest tomorrow.
Finally! I was dying to go home!
Alright, so maybe they were doing some work and it was 10pm and they wanted to finish,
so they said, 'Let's call it a day and go home.'
Alright, let's listen to the second example.
Do you think we can call it a day?
Sure, see you tomorrow.
Alright, so maybe if you guessed it, 'call it a day' means to finish.
Yeah, and it's a very casual and nice way to say, 'Let's finish for today.'
Alright, and maybe if you're doing something with your friends or your coworkers and if you say,
'I'm tired. I don't want to do this anymore,' maybe that sounds not so good.
So, a better way to say that you want to finish for now is, 'Let's call it a day.'
Yeah, maybe tomorrow you can do some more, but for today let's finish. Let's call it a day.
Alright, so let's try using this next time that you want to say you're finished for now or finished for today.
And let's call it a day on our English lesson today and I'll see you next time. Good-bye!