give (one) the sack

To fire someone from a job or task. The new secretary is so rude—I need to give her the sack. I tried so hard to do a good job in Mrs. Smith's garden, but she gave me the sack anyway.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Prabhat	-	Indian, Hindi
Marnix	MAHR-niks	Dutch
Knox	NAHKS	English
Eustachius	-	Late Roman
Wojtek	VOI-tek	Polish
Vishnu	VISH-noo (Hinduism)	Hinduism, Indian, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Marathi