calling (redirected from callings)

a calling card

1. something that shows a person or animal has been in a place. The beetles leave behind their calling cards: little white balls on the outside of the trees.

2. a quality or achievement that gives someone an advantage. This performance acted as the calling card that landed Taylor her first major film role.

See also: card

name-calling

call someone names - to use impolite or unpleasant words to describe someone. If you think about all that name-calling that goes on in school playgrounds, kids can be very cruel.

the pot calling the kettle black

something that you say which means someone should not criticize another person for a fault that they have themselves. Elliot accused me of being selfish. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

See also: black, kettle, pot

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the pot calling the kettle black

a situation in which one person criticizes another for a fault they have themselves. Ernie accused me of being selfish. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

See also: black, kettle, pot