"give the axe" in Chinese (Simplified)

解雇炒鱿鱼

Definition

通常指突然或意外地让某人失业。非正式语，也可指终止某事。

非正式表达，略带戏剧性，多用于职场，指被解雇。有时也指突然终止某事。不要与字面意思的“斧头”混淆。

The company gave the axe to ten employees last week.

公司上周**解雇**了十名员工。

If you are always late, they might give the axe.

如果你总是迟到，他们可能会**解雇你**。

He was surprised when he was given the axe after many years.

工作多年后被**解雇**让他很惊讶。

After the last round of budget cuts, several programs were given the axe.

在最近一轮预算削减后，几个项目被**砍掉了**。

Rumor has it that management is about to give the axe to the whole department.

有传言说管理层要对整个部门**开刀**。

We really need to give the axe to outdated policies in this company.

我们真的需要**废除**公司里的旧政策。