Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.
give someone the big E Brit. — give someone the big E Brit. informal reject someone. [E from elbow.] → big … English new terms dictionary
give someone the bird Brit. — give someone the bird Brit. informal boo or jeer at someone. → bird … English new terms dictionary
give someone the elbow Brit. — give someone the elbow Brit. informal summarily reject or dismiss someone. → elbow … English new terms dictionary
give someone the flick informal, — give someone the flick informal, chiefly Austral. reject someone in a casual way. → flick … English new terms dictionary
give someone the finger N. Amer. — give someone the finger N. Amer. informal make a gesture with the middle finger raised as an obscene sign of contempt. → finger … English new terms dictionary
give someone the creeps — verb To give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright. Walking through the graveyard late at night gave me the creeps. Syn: give someone the willies, spook, unnerve, creep someone out … Wiktionary
to give someone the benefit of the doubt — give someone the chance to prove himself, not automatically disbelieve someone … English contemporary dictionary
give someone the chair — verb To execute a person by means of the electric chair. Joseph ODell, convicted of a brutal rape and murder, was sentenced to death after a Virginia prosecutor told the jury that if they didnt give him the chair, hed one day get out and be free… … Wiktionary
give someone the go-by — avoid or snub someone. → go by … English new terms dictionary
get (or give someone) the hook N. Amer. — get (or give someone) the hook N. Amer. informal be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job. → hook … English new terms dictionary
get (or give someone) the push (or shove) Brit. — get (or give someone) the push (or shove) Brit. informal 1》 be dismissed (or dismiss someone) from a job. 2》 be rejected in (or end) a relationship. → push … English new terms dictionary
