person to person

person-to-person

1. Of, relating to, or involving communication that occurs directly between two people in real time. Online instant message services allow person-to-person conversations without the awkwardness of a phone call. They do not allow person-to-person voice chat for their online video game in order to avoid bullying and abuse of younger players.

2. obsolete Of, relating to, or involving a telephone call placed through an operator that only incurred a charge should the designated recipient be available to answer. When I traveled around the country as a teenager back in the '60s, I used to make person-to-person calls to my parents asking for Mr. and Mrs. Rutabaga—they'd recognize the fake name and know I'd gotten to my destination in one piece, and I wouldn't have to pay for the long-distance.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

person to person

A phone call for which the intended party was changed only when the intended caller answered the phone. Back in the days before inexpensive or free longdistance phone calls, callers worried about the risk of being charged if the person to whom they wanted to speak wasn't available. To avoid that possibility, they made an operator-assisted person-to-person call. However, if they wanted to gamble or they knew the party would be available to answer, they made a station- to-station call where toll charges began when anyone picked up the receiver. Many travelers abused person-to-person calls to let the folks at home know that they had reached their destination. For example, college students placed calls to a family pet when they returned to a distant school after vacation. Their parents knew their children had arrived safely when they received a person-to-person call for “Mr. Spot” or “Ms. Fluffy."

词组	person to person
释义	person to person person-to-person 1. Of, relating to, or involving communication that occurs directly between two people in real time. Online instant message services allow person-to-person conversations without the awkwardness of a phone call. They do not allow person-to-person voice chat for their online video game in order to avoid bullying and abuse of younger players. 2. obsolete Of, relating to, or involving a telephone call placed through an operator that only incurred a charge should the designated recipient be available to answer. When I traveled around the country as a teenager back in the '60s, I used to make person-to-person calls to my parents asking for Mr. and Mrs. Rutabaga—they'd recognize the fake name and know I'd gotten to my destination in one piece, and I wouldn't have to pay for the long-distance. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. person to person A phone call for which the intended party was changed only when the intended caller answered the phone. Back in the days before inexpensive or free longdistance phone calls, callers worried about the risk of being charged if the person to whom they wanted to speak wasn't available. To avoid that possibility, they made an operator-assisted person-to-person call. However, if they wanted to gamble or they knew the party would be available to answer, they made a station- to-station call where toll charges began when anyone picked up the receiver. Many travelers abused person-to-person calls to let the folks at home know that they had reached their destination. For example, college students placed calls to a family pet when they returned to a distant school after vacation. Their parents knew their children had arrived safely when they received a person-to-person call for “Mr. Spot” or “Ms. Fluffy." See also: person Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: person-to-person hanger-on frog in a small pond pond a big fish in a small pond a big frog in a small pond big fish in a small pond big frog in a small pond change off a whole team and the dog under the wagon References in periodicals archive The threat of a devastating threat in the North Wales case was averted because the strain at the centre of the outbreak - H7N2 is not as virulent as the H5N1 strain that has caused dozens of deaths in South East Asia - but the outbreak heightened concerns about the disease's capacity to pass from person to person. Doctors 'ignore advice' over threat of birdflu pandemic However, Andes virus is unique among hantaviruses in that it can be transmitted from person to person (7). Incubation period of hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome Unsure if or when the next flu pandemic might strike, public health officials are telling school districts to be prepared should the bird flu virus evolve to the point where it can spread easily from person to person. Preparing for a Pandemic A pandemic flu is a worldwide outbreak of a viral influenza that can spread easily from person to person. There have been outbreaks every 10-50 years throughout recorded history If the current form of avian flu were to change and become easily passed from person to person, it might become pandemic. NLC gathering resources on avian and pandemic flu The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus can not yet be passed from person to person. Mar 10, 2006 Travel Safety - Bird Flu & DVT Update These symptoms vary from person to person. Some people may notice tremors, while others may experience an uncoordinated ann. The fight of his life: boxing Great Muhammad Ali battles Parkinson's disease The virus "has not demonstrated the ability to spread efficiently from person to person," acknowledged Secretary Leavitt in November 8 testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Bird flu: the Bush administration has been creating irrational fear about the dangers of avian influenza just so that they can "save" us from it through restrictive governmental powers What's kept the virus in check among humans so far is its inability to spread readily from person to person. Fewer than 10 of the 79 confirmed human cases are thought to have resulted for person-to-person contact--most victims handled infected poultry. On hens and needles Should the prepared immunization also not contain protection from the new viral strain and the virus is transmissible from person to person, a global pandemic can occur. Pandemic influenza preparedness A candle was passed from person to person, so that people could see who was speaking. Fruits of change: Janet Paine looks back on ten years of an initiative to foster democratic values in Eastern and Central Europe (When you ask a genius how he got that way and he answers the way Al Scates does in our Person to Person interview with him in this issue, you know that you are dealing with a very special person.) On Scates .. A: Anthrax is not contagious--it cannot be transmitted from person to person. Infection can occur (1) if spores enter through breaks in the skin; (2) through inhaling anthrax spores; and (3) through the digestive system. What to know about anthrax. (Security) Influenza is spread easily from person to person primarily when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Health Information The Person to Person Service sees helpers taking books and other materials to the homes of elderly people in Coventry who find it difficult to get out. Library service plea to help housebound Whitbread established an EAP, called Person to Person, in 1988 and it was the first commercial organization in the UK to do so. Employee Assistance Programmes- benefits for the employer
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