Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - "C" Idioms. What is the meaning of idioms? Words that come together and change the whole meaning of the statement like "it rains cats and dogs", did you ever seen cats and dogs falling off from the sky?! Of course not, but it simply mean "it is raining too hard". | C calculated risk - an action that may fail but has a good chance to succeed The company took a calculated risk when they opened a new store in a very quiet area. call Idioms call a meeting - to request that a meeting be held The board of directors will call a meeting for next week. call a meeting to order - to officially start a meeting The president called the meeting to order at 7 00 PM. call a spade a spade - to speak bluntly The supervisor called a spade a spade when he criticized the employee for being lazy. call for someone - to come and get someone Could you please come and call for me before you go to the game. 75 Mr_doody2004@ call for someone or something - to require something to need the services of someone Our problems with the toilet call for a good plumber. call it a day night - to quit work and go home I called it a day and decided to go home early. call it quits - to stop to finish I called it quits and went home for the day. call of nature - the need to go to the toilet The driver stopped his truck to answer the call of nature. call off something - to cancel something The game was called off because of the rain. call on someone - to visit someone I plan to call on my brother during my holidays. call on someone - to ask someone to participate in something or contribute something The teacher called on me three times to answer questions in the class. 76 Mr_doody2004@ call out to someone - to shout to someone We called out to our friend at the concert but she did not hear us. call someone in - to ask someone for help to call for special advice We called in a special doctor to look at the patient. call someone or something into question - to dispute or cast doubt upon someone or something The lawyer called the man s statement about his neighbor into question. call someone names - to call a person unpleasant names The children began to call the new student names. call someone on the carpet - to call someone before an authority to be .
