ring off the hook
• (of a telephone) be constantly ringing due to a large number of incoming calls.
• "once the word was out that we had tickets, the phone was ringing off the hook"
off the hook
• no longer in difficulty or trouble.
• "I lied to get him off the hook"
Similar:
out of trouble,
free,
in the clear,
under no obligation,
acquitted,
cleared,
reprieved,
exonerated,
absolved,
vindicated,
found not guilty,
let off,
• (of a phone receiver) not on its rest, and so preventing incoming calls.
