Call it a day
Idiom / PhraseSSC PYQ × 23To stop working for the rest of the day
आज का काम यहीं रोक देना
They called it a day after eight hours and one decision.
To call it a day is a choice and not surrender.
Daily use: Aaj ke liye call it a day.
दिन भर के काम के बाद मज़दूर कहते हैं, 'Let us call it a day' — आज के काम को पूरा मान लो और यहीं रुक जाओ। Call it a day = किसी काम को अभी के लिए रोक देना।
At the end of a long day's work, the workers say, 'Let us call it a day': let us count today's work as complete and stop here. So to call it a day is to stop working on something for now.
यह सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे गए idioms में है: meaning 'to stop working on something'। Options में opposite: carry on, persevere; related word: respite (राहत)।
One of the most asked idioms, with the meaning 'to stop working on something'. The opposites in options are 'carry on' and persevere; respite (a break) is a related word.