| 单词 | to get the run |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto get the run P13. slang (chiefly Australian). to get the run: to be dismissed from employment. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [verb (intransitive)] > dismiss or discharge > be dismissed or discharged to get the bag1804 to get the sack1825 swap1862 to get the boot1888 to take a walk1888 to get the run1889 to get (or have) the swap1890 to get the (big) bird1924 to get one's jotters1944 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang I. 403/2 Get the run, to, (English and Australian), to be discharged. 1892 J. Miller Workingman's Paradise 2 ‘You didn't hear that my Tom got the run yesterday, did you?’ ‘Did he? What a pity! I'm very sorry,’ said Nellie. ‘Everybody'll be out of work and then what'll we all do?’ 1916 S. Ford Shorty McCabe looks 'em Over (1917) xv. 235 Even his wife's uncle, who was found drawin' down eight hundred a year as assistant janitor.., got the run. 1959 S. J. Baker Drum (1960) ii. 141 Run, get the, to be dismissed from employment. < as lemmas |
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