Get the sack
verb phrase
To be dismissed, with prejudice: If they protested, they got the sack (1825+ British)
see under get the ax
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verb phrase To be ill treated; be abused, esp by cruel deception: He thought he’d get promoted, but he got the shaft instead [1950s+; a euphemism for sodomization]
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verb phrase (Variations: crappy, cruddy, dirty, little, mucky, rough, shit, shitten, short, thick, or wrong may replace shitty) To be badly and unfairly treated; have the worst of an arrangement or of luck: Pastorini got the shit end of the stick, as usual (entry form 1846+, others later)
- Get the show on the road
verb phrase To get started; get under way: Good. Then I can get the show on the road (1940s+) Start an undertaking; begin work. For example, After months of training, the astronauts were eager to get the show on the road . This synonym of get going alludes to a theatrical production going on tour. […]
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- Get the worst of it
Also, have the worst of it . Be defeated, experience a disadvantage, or suffer the most harm. For example, In any argument Joe usually gets the worst of it , or If we play the last three games as scheduled, our team is bound to have the worst of it , or The car got […]