give the sack

同根派生

If you are late again the boss will give you the sack .
假如你再遲到，老板就會把你解雇。
He would have to be careful not to offend the boss, who could give him the sack at any time.
他得小心謹(jǐn)慎，不要得罪那老板，因為老板隨時都可以解雇他。
We leave the Kremlin with him in his cramped, third-rank car in 1964 after his colleagues, who have had enough of his boastful schemes, give him the sack.
而1964年，在他的同期們受夠了他夸大虛無的計劃，將他驅(qū)逐下臺后，我們又跟著他坐在擁擠的風(fēng)光不再的車?yán)镫x開了克里姆林宮（Kremlin）。

And that begs the question, what firms decide to retain such a tainted board member, and which ones decide give them the sack?
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