What does “Get the axe” mean?

Get the axe

Meaning: To be fired, dismissed, or removed from a job or position.

Ser despedido

Significado: Ser despedido, cesado o removido de un trabajo o puesto.

Ser despedido

Significado: Ser demitido, dispensado ou removido de um cargo ou posição.

Être viré

Signification: Être licencié, renvoyé ou retiré d'un emploi ou d'un poste.

Gefeuert werden

Bedeutung: Entlassen oder aus einer Position entfernt werden.

Essere licenziato

Significato: Essere licenziato, dimesso o rimosso da un lavoro o posizione.

İşten çıkarılmak

Anlam: İşten çıkarılmak, görevden alınmak.

被解雇

意思: 被解雇、开除或免职。

クビになる

意味: 仕事を解雇されること。

잘리다

의미: 직장에서 해고되다.

Dialogue

15:45:10 - Why is everyone so nervous at the office today?

15:45:13 - There are rumors that a few people are going to get the axe at the end of the month.

15:45:16 - That's scary. I hope I'm not one of them.

15:45:19 - Same here. I've been updating my resume just in case.

14:35:50 - Why is John packing his desk?

14:35:53 - He got the axe this morning. They let him go.

14:35:56 - That's so sudden. He's been here for 15 years.

14:35:59 - I know. It's a real shock.