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
Hallvar&Eth;R	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Sepp	ZEP	German
Lillie	['lili:]
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa
Joaquina	hwah-KEE-nah	Spanish
Ciardha	-	Irish