be on the telephone

Meaning

1. Oxford75% of films

   to be using the telephone

   Mrs. Matuschek on the telephone.

In the movies · 16

• Mrs. Matuschek on the telephone.The Shop Around the Corner1940
• It's very urgent. Just get him on the telephone.The Third Man1949
• We couldn't even talk to each other on the telephone.Double Indemnity1944
• Please, telephone? Telephone?The Terminal2004
• And in the case of the telephone,The Wolf of Wall Street2013
• There's a telephone call for you.Downton Abbey2019
• No. Telephone me later?The King's Speech2010
• You want to make a telephone, it's got telephones.Donnie Brasco1997

Learn it in full scenes

• The Shop Around the Corner1940
  • Morning Gossip at Matuschek's
  • The Anonymous Letter From Box 237
  • Matuschek's Singing Cigarette Box
• The Third Man1949
  • Calloway Exposes Harry Lime
  • Martins Checks Into a Military Hotel
  • Kurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story
• Double Indemnity1944
  • Walter Meets Phyllis
  • Neff Flirts With Phyllis
  • Keyes Busts Garlopis's Fake Claim

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