Get the Sack——被開除

** be dismissed // be discharged // be fired // be laid off // the situation in which someone loses their job

~~被解僱；被開除；被辭退；被炒魷魚；被解職；捲鋪蓋走人；捲鋪蓋回家；失業了；被裁員

~~ get the boot // get the can // get the axe // get the chop // get the bag // shown the door

!!The slang could refer to roving workmen who carried their tools in a sack or bag. When the work ended or a workman was fired, the worker picked up his sack or bag and moved on.

（該俚語可以指流動工人將工具裝在麻袋或袋子中，當工作結束或工人被解僱時，工人拿起他的麻袋或袋子遷移到新地方。）

!!It also could refer to early days of the Industrial Revolution in England when skilled mechanics were expected to supply their own tools and equipment while working in the factories. When a mechanic was dismissed, the manager gave him a sack in which he put his tools.

（它也可以指英國工業革命早期，當時熟練的機械師在工廠工作時需要自備工具和器材。當一名機械師被解僱時，經理給他一個袋子，讓他把工具放在裡面。）

>>During economic downturn, workers who are barely up to par in their productivity would get the sag first.

（在經濟不景氣期間，只能勉強達到生產力標準的工人將率先被解僱。）

>>Jim was really worried that he would get the sag because he had an argument with his co-worker Mary three years ago but who is now his boss.

（吉姆真的很擔心自己會被開除，因為他三年前與同事瑪麗發生了爭執，但瑪麗現在是他的老闆。）

學勤進修教育中心英語專科導師

李啓文 教授