Two idioms in one: call it a day and call it a night

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Ever heard the expression “Call it a day”? Can you guess its connection with “call it a night”? Well, let’s dig deeper and get our brains working until we’ll call it a day… First things first though: any idea about the etymologies of Call and Day? I know, I know, you’ll be able to speak and write in perfectly correct English without knowing the origin of a verb or noun, but then where’s the charm, where’s that fascinating feeling of being inside Umberto Eco’s The name of the Rose? Wait, am I th