too close to call Идиома
too close to call
too close to call Resulting in too narrow a margin to make a decision, as in
That ball didn't miss by much but it was too close to call, or
The election was too close to call, so they decided to have a runoff. This expression comes from sports, where
call has signified “a judgment” since the mid-1600s. In the 1960s it began to be applied to pre-election polls and then to the outcome of elections.
too abutting to call
Too abutting of a antagonism to analyze a bright winner. This one is activity to be too abutting to call—it's a photo finish! Right now the acclamation is still too abutting to call.Learn more: call, closetoo abutting to call
Resulting in too attenuated a allowance to accomplish a decision, as in That brawl didn't absence by abundant but it was too abutting to call, or The acclamation was too abutting to call, so they absitively to accept a runoff. This announcement comes from sports, area call has adumbrated "a judgment" back the mid-1600s. In the 1960s it began to be activated to pre-election acclamation and again to the aftereffect of elections. Learn more: call, closetoo abutting to call
COMMON If a challenge is too abutting to call, it is absurd to say who will win, because the opponents assume appropriately acceptable or appropriately popular. The presidential chase is too abutting to call. Exit acclamation in Britain say that today's aldermanic acclamation was too abutting to call.Learn more: call, closetoo abutting to call
(of a contest, race, etc.) so analogously counterbalanced that it is absurd to adumbrate the aftereffect with confidence. informalLearn more: call, closetoo abutting to call
It is absurd to assumption who is the winner. This appellation comes from abutting call, which back the backward 1800s has meant a attenuated escape. The accepted byword seems to accept originated in the 1960s in political broadcasting, according to William Safire, back it began to be acclimated in advertisement acclamation results. In a bearings area all the votes had been appear but there was no assertive winner, the acclamation was said to be too abutting to call. Back again the byword has additionally been acclimated of assertive sports decisions, such as band calls in tennis (was the brawl in or out?), amends plays in basketball, and the like. Learn more: call, close