film at 11

cliché Primarily heard in US.

1. A phrase used in broadcast journalism during clips of news stories that are to be featured in greater detail later (when a news program airs, traditionally at 11 PM) Coming up tonight—doctors who let their pets perform surgery. Film at 11.

2. Used by extension to indicate something not at all newsworthy. A: "Don't you think that's interesting?" B: "No, not really. 'Local boy discovers big pit in a field. Film at 11.'"

See also: 11, film

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

See also:

(good) black don't crack
(it's) (all) Greek to me
be all Greek to someone
Greek to me
Greek to me, it's
it's all Greek to me
the customer is always right
customer is always right
customer is always right, the
Greek to

References in periodicals archive

Film at 11." It seems to me that just yesterday we were worried about SARS, and before that the flesh-eating disease, and before them the Asian flu and the Hong Kong flu, not to mention the 1918 Spanish flu, which almost did kill everyone, but that was before good vaccines or, er, government assistance.

Chicken about chicken

I've lost count of the number of times I've come out of a film at 11 to find "time" called in the pub.

Kevin Maguire: Sober truth about the booze licence changes

And as a meteorologist says on the 6 o'clock news when he sees a storm coming but doesn't know where, when or with what intensity it will strike--"Film at 11."

Tax Avoidance Is Big Business

There are always the breathless promos ("Nude man found at mall: Film at 11!").

Local news: the biggest scandal on TV

REEL TALENT: Dennis Waterman, 56, was in a film at 11; ROLES: In The Sweeney, Minder and Just William

Mirror Works: A CHILD STAR WHOBECAME THE MINDER; DENNIS WATERMAN Actor

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释义	film at 11 film at 11 cliché Primarily heard in US. 1. A phrase used in broadcast journalism during clips of news stories that are to be featured in greater detail later (when a news program airs, traditionally at 11 PM) Coming up tonight—doctors who let their pets perform surgery. Film at 11. 2. Used by extension to indicate something not at all newsworthy. A: "Don't you think that's interesting?" B: "No, not really. 'Local boy discovers big pit in a field. Film at 11.'" See also: 11, film Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: (good) black don't crack (it's) (all) Greek to me be all Greek to someone Greek to me Greek to me, it's it's all Greek to me the customer is always right customer is always right customer is always right, the Greek to References in periodicals archive Film at 11." It seems to me that just yesterday we were worried about SARS, and before that the flesh-eating disease, and before them the Asian flu and the Hong Kong flu, not to mention the 1918 Spanish flu, which almost did kill everyone, but that was before good vaccines or, er, government assistance. Chicken about chicken I've lost count of the number of times I've come out of a film at 11 to find "time" called in the pub. Kevin Maguire: Sober truth about the booze licence changes And as a meteorologist says on the 6 o'clock news when he sees a storm coming but doesn't know where, when or with what intensity it will strike--"Film at 11." Tax Avoidance Is Big Business There are always the breathless promos ("Nude man found at mall: Film at 11!"). Local news: the biggest scandal on TV REEL TALENT: Dennis Waterman, 56, was in a film at 11; ROLES: In The Sweeney, Minder and Just William Mirror Works: A CHILD STAR WHOBECAME THE MINDER; DENNIS WATERMAN Actor
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