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
Jarogniew	yah-RAWG-nyef	Polish (Rare)
Kostadin	-	Bulgarian, Macedonian
Ansgar	AHNS-gahr (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic
Laurus	-	Late Roman
Eutychius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Arnauld	['a:rnəu]