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
Leon	[lei'əun]
Bathsheba	bath-SHEE-bə (English)	Biblical
Nirmal	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali
Waldobert	-	Ancient Germanic
Colette	[kəu'let]
Chisomo	chee-SO-mo	Southern African, Chewa