英语词汇“don't call us”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

h. colloquial (originally U.S.). don't call us, we'll call you and variants: used to imply that further approaches or attempts on the part of the person addressed would be unwelcome or futile. Also shortened as don't call us.Probably introduced as a clichéd way of dismissing unsuccessful candidates at theatrical auditions (cf. quot. 1952).

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1948 Lima (Ohio) News 3 Mar. 11/6 The Czechs now get a solid hour of the American viewpoint [on the radio]..that leaves 23 for Moscow monologs. They have been promised time of their own when something opens up. The way Stalin left it was ‘don't call us..we'll call you’.

1952 East Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 29 Oct. 12/2 Hollywood has a word—or two—for it... Everyone has heard the brushoff line: ‘Don't call us. We'll call you.’

1958 B. Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond Some like it Hot (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 137 First Henchman. Room 413—we'll be in touch. Jerry (coyly) Don't call us—we'll call you.

1971 Evening Standard 19 Aug. 3/4 The Labour Exchange never seems to have a job and the ones you do manage to go after almost always say ‘don't call us, we'll call you’.

1993 F. Cooper I believe in Angels 80 I'd conjured a rather camp Major Sager... I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin. Don't call us, old chap.

1998 Computerworld 12 Jan. 60 You could clearly see the disappointment that I was over 60. Invariably, I got the ‘Don't call us, we'll call you’ routine.

2014 Louisiana Weekly 12 May 20 I would send Marvel an email, like every four to five months. I was calling saying, ‘I'll work for free.’ About two years ago they sent me a letter saying, ‘Don't call us, we'll call you.’

单词	don't call us
释义	> as lemmas don't call us h. colloquial (originally U.S.). don't call us, we'll call you and variants: used to imply that further approaches or attempts on the part of the person addressed would be unwelcome or futile. Also shortened as don't call us.Probably introduced as a clichéd way of dismissing unsuccessful candidates at theatrical auditions (cf. quot. 1952). ΚΠ 1948 Lima (Ohio) News 3 Mar. 11/6 The Czechs now get a solid hour of the American viewpoint [on the radio]..that leaves 23 for Moscow monologs. They have been promised time of their own when something opens up. The way Stalin left it was ‘don't call us..we'll call you’. 1952 East Liverpool (Ohio) Rev. 29 Oct. 12/2 Hollywood has a word—or two—for it... Everyone has heard the brushoff line: ‘Don't call us. We'll call you.’ 1958 B. Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond Some like it Hot (film script) (O.E.D. Archive) 137 First Henchman. Room 413—we'll be in touch. Jerry (coyly) Don't call us—we'll call you. 1971 Evening Standard 19 Aug. 3/4 The Labour Exchange never seems to have a job and the ones you do manage to go after almost always say ‘don't call us, we'll call you’. 1993 F. Cooper I believe in Angels 80 I'd conjured a rather camp Major Sager... I felt like a jaded casting director as I banished him to the wastepaper bin. Don't call us, old chap. 1998 Computerworld 12 Jan. 60 You could clearly see the disappointment that I was over 60. Invariably, I got the ‘Don't call us, we'll call you’ routine. 2014 Louisiana Weekly 12 May 20 I would send Marvel an email, like every four to five months. I was calling saying, ‘I'll work for free.’ About two years ago they sent me a letter saying, ‘Don't call us, we'll call you.’ extracted from callv. < as lemmas
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