Why don't we call it a day?

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi everyone,

Can someone explain me what the above sentence means? I met this sentence in a listening exercise, where I had to give the correct answer.

I obviously made the wrong choice, but also after having read the correct once, I still do not understand the meaning.

By the way, the correct answer is: “Good idea, I’m tired”.

Thanks a lot for you help

Diplo62

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Call it a day means: to stop doing something; to stop some activity.

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He already had wanted to stop working for he had been tired.

What I don’t understand is do they just want to have a rest or to stop working for today.

Thanks

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‘Why don’t we call it a day?’ means ‘why don’t we stop for today?’ - so they stopped work for at least the rest of that day.

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Hello Diplo62,

There are a lot of webpages which may help you understand what the idiom “call it a day” means.

If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.

dictionary.reverso.net/english-c … %20a%20day

english-test.net/forum/ftopic2279.html

english-test.net/forum/ftopic6351.html

wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_m … l_it_a_day

idiomquest.com/learn/idiom/call-it-a-day/

idioms.yourdictionary.com/call-it-a-day

americanidioms.net/call-it-a-day/

dictionary.cambridge.org/diction … l-it-a-day

merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call

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I am confident that my combination of experience, talent, determination, and intangibles make me a perfect fit for this position.

I came across this sentence when I was listening to an exercise, but unfortunately I can not understand the word intangibles. I have already looked in my dictionary but the translation I found is not suitable for the context.

Thank you for your help.

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I don’t think that the vocabulary is suitable for the context. Perhaps the “applicant” in the exercise isn’t quite as talented as he believes!

I assume that he is speaking about his intangible abilities - those that cannot be easily seen or measured, such as self-belief, self-confidence and a sense of responsibility, but a native English speaker would list these separately or use a different umbrella term (such as personal attributes). At the very least I’d argue that he should have said ‘… and my other intangible abilities’.

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This is the first time I’ve met this sentence. I got it. Check