Let's call it a day!

[AS de Dinan]

Bonjour. L'expression "let's call it a day" veut dire : "ça suffit, c'est bon pour aujourd'hui". Mais s'emploie-t-elle uniquement à la fin de la journée de travail, ou peut-on l'utiliser à un autre moment de la journée : par exemple pour un travail d'équipe réalisé le matin ou une réunion qui a lieu le matin ?
Merci, car j'ai vu 2 vidéos sur YouTube, qui sont en contradiction sur ce point.🙃

 

[PIcti]

Hello AS de Dinan,

Let's call it a day can often be used when something isn't working and there's no point in insisting with it.

Therefore, it could also mean: On lâche l'affaire.

 

[joelooc]

c'est marre

 

[Welsh_Sion]

s'en tenir là selon Harrap's.

Plusieurs liens ici à WR au English Only.

call it a day - English-French Dictionary WordReference.com

 

[sound shift]

peut-on l'utiliser à un autre moment de la journée

Oui.

 

[Welsh_Sion]

Hello AS de Dinan,

Let's call it a day can often be used when something isn't working and there's no point in insisting with it.

Therefore, it could also mean: On lâche l'affaire.

This also applies (in English, anyway), to a relationship which 'isn't working'.

 

[tamanoir]

I have already heard let's call it a night at the end of an evening work session (from an Englishman).

 

[AS de Dinan]

Oui.

merci

I have already heard let's call it a night at the end of an evening work session (from an Englishman).

Really ? I didn't know...

 

[archijacq]

on dit aussi: en rester là (pour aujourd'hui)

 

[tamanoir]

Really ? I didn't know...

J'ai trouvé un "call it a night" dans cet extrait du Sunday Times du 20 août 2023 :

"Having a berserk weekend in your forties has serious health implications. After three hours wearing an uncomfortable outfit in the pub on a busy Friday, I felt myself start to fade. It was way past sweatpants time for me. I could have called it a night but it’s such a treat to be out together that I decided swapping pints for wine was a better idea."