oneof20million's definitions

get the sack

Getting fired from your job. Australians use this phrase a lot. Probably from the pioneer days when the boss would throw a bag at the farmhand/miner/builder/labourer's head, tell him to pack his stuff and get lost.

"Bloody hell, the boss gave me the sack!"

"Are you going to get the sack for skipping work yesterday?"

by oneof20million June 10, 2009