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You already know there are seven days in a week.

大家都知道一周有七天

But what is the "it" in this expression?

那这个表达里的"it"是什么意思呢？

Jonathan, I've been working on this project for the past 15 hours.

乔纳森 我已经连续研究这个项目15小时了

I am... so... tired. 15 hours?!

我 真的 好累 15小时？

I think it's time to call it a day, Anna. I can't stop now, Jonathan.

我觉得你该停下来了 安娜 我不能停 乔纳森

I must get this done.

我必须得把它做完

The other half of the project isn't due until next month.

这个项目的另一半下个月才截止呢

For real? Yeah. Call it a day, Anna.

真的吗？对 收工吧 安娜

To "call it a day" means to finish doing something for now.

"call it a day"是指暂时停下做某事

This expression is usually used when talking about a person's work day.

通常会在讨论某人的工作时使用这个表达

From the looks of it, Anna probably should have called it a day a few hours earlier.

看起来 安娜也许应该在几小时前就停止工作的

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