ring off the hook: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKCanadaAustraliainformalcolloquial
    • To receive a very large number of telephone calls in a short period, causing the phone to ring repeatedly or continuously.
    • To be inundated with incoming communications or requests, typically by telephone.

    Examples

    Beta

    • During the fundraiser, the charity's phone was ringing off the hook with donor calls all afternoon.

      Durante la recaudación de fondos, el teléfono de la organización benéfica no paraba de sonar con llamadas de donantes toda la tarde.

    • We had to hire extra staff because the customer service line was ringing off the hook after the new product launch.

      Tuvimos que contratar personal adicional porque la línea de atención al cliente no dejaba de sonar después del lanzamiento del nuevo producto.

    • If your phone is ringing off the hook, maybe you should set it to silent for a while.

      Si tu teléfono no para de sonar, tal vez deberías ponerlo en silencio por un tiempo.

  • 2.

    USUKneutral
    • Literally, to remove a ring (a circular object) from a hook or to take something off a hook that is ring-shaped.

    Examples

    Beta

    • Carefully, she rang the ring off the hook to remove it from the coat rack.

      Con cuidado, descolgó el anillo del gancho para sacarlo del perchero.

    • He rang off the hook the decorative wreath that had been hanging on the door all winter.

      Descolgó la corona decorativa que había estado colgada en la puerta durante todo el invierno.

    • The janitor rang the old bell off the hook for repairs after it stopped working.

      El conserje descolgó la vieja campana del gancho para repararla después de que dejó de funcionar.

    • After the event, they rang the keys off the hook and placed them in a secure box.

      Después del evento, descolgaron las llaves del gancho y las colocaron en una caja segura.

Examples:

  • EN: Your phone will ring off the hook.
    ES: El teléfono no dejará de sonar.
  • EN: As soon as we get the word out, the phone's just going to ring off the hook.
    ES: Apenas se sepa, el teléfono nos volverá locos.
    ID: Ini disebut bi-polar atau manic depresif. Apa?
  • EN: My phone used to ring off the hook, you know?
    ES: Mi teléfono no paraba de sonar, ¿sabes?
  • EN: Cece can't get the ring off the hook, she comes back.
    ES: ¡CeCe no consigue nada!
  • EN: Let it ring off the hook.
    ES: - Genial. ¿Sabes qué?
  • EN: "Just before our paper was published I said 'Our phones are going to ring off the hook,'" he recalls.
    HI: "हमारा पेपर जारी होने से कुछ समय पहले मैंने कहा, 'हमारे फोन बजेंगे,' उन्होंने याद किया।
  • EN: "Just before our paper was published I said 'Our phones are going to ring off the hook,'" he recalled.
    HI: "हमारा पेपर जारी होने से कुछ समय पहले मैंने कहा, 'हमारे फोन बजेंगे,' उन्होंने याद किया।
  • EN: Your phone may ring off the hook.
    HI: आपका फोन आपकी चुगली कर सकता है
    TE: కాల్ నాగుల బారినుంచి తప్పించుకోవచ్చు .
  • EN: p) The phone begins to ring off the hook.
    HI: (क) चाचा ने खाल उतारना शुरू किया।
  • EN: Be prepared for your phone to ring off the hook
    HI: अपने फोन को कर दें स्विच ऑफ
  • EN: Your phone will ring off the hook! Scotland Yard, Interpol: you'll get to pick what you want!
    ID: Scotland Yard, Interpol, banyak kesempatan disana!
  • EN: I bet our phone will ring off the hook.
    ID: Gue yakin telepon kita nggak akan berhenti berdering.
  • EN: The phone might ring off the hook.
    TE: కాల్ నాగుల బారినుంచి తప్పించుకోవచ్చు .
  • EN: The phone is likely to ring off the hook.
    TE: కాల్ నాగుల బారినుంచి తప్పించుకోవచ్చు .
  • EN: The first office's phone might ring off the hook whereas the law firm's telephone might ring four or five times an hour.
    TE: న్యాయ సంస్థ యొక్క టెలిఫోన్ నాలుగు లేదా ఐదు సార్లు ఒక గంట రింగ్ ఉండవచ్చు అయితే మొదటి కార్యాలయం ఫోన్ హుక్ ఆఫ్ రింగ్ ఉండవచ్చు.

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