B2idiominformalworkIELTS-friendly
get the sack
USUK
to be told by your employer that you no longer have a job, often for doing something wrong
Informal and mainly British; 'be sacked' means the same. American English usually says 'get fired'.
In context
He got the sack for posting rude comments about customers online.
If you keep arriving late, you'll get the sack before the end of the month.
More idioms about work
- a nine-to-five joba regular office job with fixed hours, usually from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- bite off more than you can chewto try to do more than you are able to manage
- call it a dayto decide to stop working, usually because you have done enough for now
- cut cornersto do something quickly or cheaply by skipping steps, often lowering quality or safety
- drop the ballto make a mistake by forgetting or failing to do something you were responsible for