get the sack
get the hook
To be fired or dismissed from work; lose a job.
John got the sack at the factory last week.
Uncle Willie can't keep a job; he got the sack today for sleeping on the job.
To be told by one's lover that the relationship is over.
Joanna gave Sam the sack.
get the show on the road
To start a program; get work started.
Начать действовать, как было запланировано; начать работу.
It was several years before the rocket scientists got the show on the road.
Come on, let's get this show on the road or we'll be late.
Ну же, пора начинать, иначе мы опоздаем!
get the worst of
have the worst of
To lose; be defeated or beaten in; suffer most.
Joe got the worst of the argument with Molly.
Often used in the phrase the worst of it.
If you start a fight with Jim, you may get the worst of it.
Bill had the worst of it in his race with Al.
Jack traded his knife for a few marbles; he got the worst of it in that trade.
The driver of the car got the worst of it in the accident.
get through one's head
To understand or believe.
Jack couldn't get it through his head that his father wouldn't let him go to camp if his grades didn't improve.
At last Mary got it through her head that she had failed to pass the test.
To make someone understand or believe.
I'll get it through his head if it takes all night.
get through to
break through to
To be understood by; make (someone) understand.
The little boy could not get through to his housemother.
Deaf people sometimes find it hard to get through to strangers.
When the rich boy's father lost his money, it took a long time for the idea to get through to him that he'd have to work and support himself.
Some of the students in my reading class understand English so poorly that it is difficult to get through to them.
The doctors have never succeeded in breaking through to Mr. Ames, who is a silent and secretive patient.
get through
to get through doing something
to get through with something
To finish; to complete.
Barry got through his homework by late evening.
I didn't get through studying last night until almost eleven o'clock.
At what time does your wife get through with work every day?
To pass a course or an examination.
I got through every one of my courses except mathematics.
get to first base
reach first base
To make a good start; really begin; succeed.
Joe had a long paper to write for history class, but when the teacher asked for it, Joe hadn't got to first base yet.
Suppose Sam falls in love with Betty. Can he even get to first base with her?
George wants to go to college and become a teacher, but I'll be surprised if he even reaches first base.
If you don't dress neatly, you won't get to first base when you look for a job.
get to the bottom of
To find out the real cause of.
The superintendent talked with several students to get to the bottom of the trouble.
The doctor made several tests to get to the bottom of the man's headaches.