My dog is ringing, let me answer it.
dog
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
phone
Origin
via dog and bone
I left my dog on the kitchen table, so I did not hear you call.
He reached into his pocket to retrieve his dog, only to find that the battery had died during the long commute.
- 01
hold the phone
stop; wait; whoa.
- 02
phone in
To fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.
- 03
phone tag
A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.