English Dictionary

give the elbow

動詞

イギリス英語 俗語 他動詞

(transitive, slang, Britain) To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone.

日本語の意味

従業員を解雇する / 付き合いを終わらせる、関係を断つ / 拒絶する、振る

After the merger, management had no choice but to give the elbow to three senior engineers.

合併後、経営陣はやむを得ず3人の上級エンジニアをクビにした。

意味（1）

(transitive, slang, Britain) To fire (an employee); to end a relationship with someone; to reject someone.

They said I couldn't do the job so they gave me the elbow. So, now I'm looking for work again.

gives the elbow （ present singular third-person ）

giving the elbow （ participle present ）

gave the elbow （ past ）

given the elbow （ participle past ）