Calling it a day

A day that resists definition, that ends only when you hand the phone over to the person beside you. It's late and you realize you're hungry. Then suddenly you know there was one more thing to say but you've already handed it over. For a moment you realize that unless you press it firmly closed your thoughts will flap in the warm wind. Until then, the person on the other end will follow you in the wrong direction. What you said will never be what you meant, an imperfect urban plan. Some day in the past, the entire conversation would have taken place in letters. You would have pressed firmly closed what you never said. The person beside you hangs up.

You're always so busy I don't want to interrupt you. I took it as encouragement that you even wanted to talk. This is calling it a day.

by Rayhsu Alexleslie April 21, 2010

Tru Calling

Do-mi-so ring on Nokia

Hey dude ur dads callin u and ur ring is tru calling.

by mattytatateyo November 4, 2003

answering a higher calling

1. quitting, especially if done so prematurely.
2. abandoning one's post
From Alaska governor Sarah Palin's speech on her decision to abandon her post as governor before her term expired.

Wide receiver: "Hey, where are you going? It's only the start of the third quarter!"
Quarterback: "See you later chump. I'm answering a higher calling."

by Fe-ic July 6, 2009

A pot calling a cattle black

A figure of speech for calling out a hypocrite. For shaming someone because they accused someone else on something the accuser is also accountable for.

Democrat: Man I hate Repulicans.
Republican: Yeah, I don't like you Democrats either.
Democrat: You are a hateful bigot for saying that.
Republican: Okay. And you are a pot calling a cattle black

by JustKeepingItRealMan March 7, 2019

calling in chick

Real reason I can't make it to work today.

But, really, I am in bed.

Got hooked-up at a party last night and didn't realize morning would come so soon. So I'm calling in chick.

by stickoutrock April 16, 2009

Dog Calling

getting someone’s attention (most likely a female) and calling them ugly

the opposite of cat calling

e.g: a man barking at a woman while driving past her

“did he just dog call me? i’m not that ugly”
“dog calling is so rude!”

by S👺 August 9, 2020

Pot Calling The Rainbow Black

A variation on the phrase "pot calling the kettle black" that is used when the person being accused by the "pot" is not guilty of the thing they are being accused of while the "pot" is.

Origin: Rainbows are many colors but never black.

Transphobic Cult Leader: Stop indoctrinating children.
Trans Person: Seems like a case of the pot calling the rainbow black.

by Shugunou June 14, 2023