释义 |
phraseIf you call in sick, you telephone the place where you work to tell them you will not be coming to work because you are ill. 'Shouldn't you be at work today?'—'I called in sick.' See full dictionary entry for callExamples of 'to call in sick' in a sentenceto call in sick No, it suggests heavy-hearted obligation, existential gloom, a day to call in sick.You've run out of reasons to call in sick.You may want to call in sick.Splashed across several newspapers were the results of a survey seeking to determine the optimum time to call in sick to work.There have been claims that staff are being encouraged to call in sick as part of unofficial industrial action.A third of employees claim their workload is too big to call in sick, while one in five fear their boss will dock their pay.At four days, you might have to call in sick, so tell the boss you've been feeling a little husky.It seems that we all bend the truth, particularly when it comes to calling in sick. |