单词 | don't ring us, we'll ring you |
释义 | > as lemmasdon't ring us, we'll ring you b. colloquial. don't ring us, we'll ring you and variants: = don't call us, we'll call you at call v. Phrases 3h. Also shortened as don't ring us.Not used in North America. ΚΠ 1969 Listener 6 Feb. 187/1 When Jelly Roll Morton..played his compositions to the Harlem team, eyebrows were raised no further than the pejorative ‘don't ring us’ level. 1980 A. Auswaks Trick of Diamonds iii. 80 ‘Don't ring us, we'll ring you,’ grunted Bob Jones sarcastically. 1990 Independent (Nexis) 8 Feb. 8 The message..to the British Conservative government is ‘Thank you Mrs Thatcher, for your lead and inspiration,’ and to the Labour Party, ‘Don't ring us, we'll ring you.’ 2001 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 3 Nov. 40 [His] office confirmed yesterday his plan for immigration had not been released and could not say when this might be. Don't ring us, we'll ring you. < as lemmas |
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