Didn't have the first notion on how to spring you.
一开始还真不知道怎么帮助你。
Fortunately little girl come in resourceful up in these parts.
好在这小姑娘来把那些问题解决了。
Well look at here. Reinforcements.
嗯,看看吧,援兵来了。
What do say you fellows just call it a day.
让你手下的人今天休息了吧。
Just been hired on by these gentlemen of the,
我刚刚决定受雇于这些吉普赛绅士们。
Gypsian persuasion. Figuring on joining this turkey shoot?
有没有考虑和我一起去玩玩?
——《黄金罗盘》
call it a day
To call it a day的意思是你工作了一天,到晚上你停止工作回家休息,但是准备第二天再回去继续完成昨天没做完的事。说简单一点也就是:结束一天的工作。下面是一个学生在说他正在为英语教授写的一份期终报告的进展情况:
例句: "I worked on my term paper until about ten o'clock last night, but got so sleepy I decided to call it a day. I'll finish it this afternoon when I come back from class."
这个学生说:“昨晚我写我的期终报告一直写到十点钟,后来我困不行,就决定不写了。今天下午上完课我再来把它写完。”
我们再来举个例子。这是一个新闻记者在讲他当天的工作:
例句: "We've got so much news to handle today that I didn't even have time to have lunch. Now I am going to call it a day and go home to have a good rest."
这位新闻记者说:“今天我们要处理的消息多极了,忙得我连吃午饭的时间都没有。今天就到此为止了,我得回家好好休息去了。”
以上我们讲了to call up和to call it a day这两个词。To call up可以解释为:打电话、钩起回忆、征集预备役军人等。To call it a day就是结束一天的工作。