call it stumps

English

Figurative use of the cricket expression stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”).

call it stumps

To decide to end an activity; to call it a day.
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 130:
  Eventually I decided to call it stumps and the last thing he said to me as I retired to his spare room was, `So you're not going to Inskip are you?' I answered that no, he was right, I wouldn't go and he tottered off happy.

单词	call it stumps
释义	call it stumps English Etymology Figurative use of the cricket expression stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”). Phrase call it stumps To decide to end an activity; to call it a day. 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 130: Eventually I decided to call it stumps and the last thing he said to me as I retired to his spare room was, `So you're not going to Inskip are you?' I answered that no, he was right, I wouldn't go and he tottered off happy.
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