How do you say “Call it a day” in French?

The English idiom 'call it a day' relies on the idea of declaring the workday officially finished. French does not possess a direct idiomatic equivalent built around the word 'jour' or 'journée'. Instead, francophones express the exact same pragmatic impulse using spatial and boundary metaphors, predominantly 's'arrêter là' ('to stop there') or 'en rester là' ('to leave it at that'), frequently paired with 'pour aujourd'hui' ('for today') to clarify that work will resume later.

While 's'arrêter là' lacks the punchy poetic quality of the English expression, it is what native speakers spontaneously say in both workplace and casual settings. If a speaker wants a more figurative or colloquial turn of phrase, expressions like 'plier les gaules' (pack up shop) capture the informal physical departure, while phrases like 'ranger son tablier' parallel the permanent sense of calling it quits.