Idioms beginning with G

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get the sack (boot, axe)

Meaning: be dismissed from the job

Example: If you can't do your job properly, you're going to get the sack. Read more ➺


good egg

Meaning: a kind person

Example: My neighbour, Frank is such a good egg. He always feeds the cat and checks the house if we are away. Read more ➺


get rid of

Meaning: to remove something or someone

Example: He finally got rid of the door to door salesman, by saying he had to go out. Read more ➺


goose egg

Meaning: zero

Example: We had a good game, but the score was goose egg. Read more ➺


get a life

Meaning: to stop wasting a lot of time in useless or boring or trivial works

Example: You are working over 100 hours a week, dude, get a life! Read more ➺


get through

Meaning: to make it to the end of a particularly arduous or stressful experience

Example: I didn't think we would get through the last week of exams. Read more ➺


get to know

Meaning: receiving the information

Example: It took me a while to get to know my in-laws and understanding their lifestyle. Read more ➺


green with envy

Meaning: extremely jealous of another person.

Example: Sally was green with envy when he saw my brand new car. Read more ➺


get the wrong end of the stick

Meaning: to understand something in the wrong way

Example: When Jack and Taylor arrived at the award function together, everyone got the wrong end of the stick. Read more ➺


get on nerves

Meaning: tick someone off

Example: Put your mobile phone in a silent mode - its loud ringtone is getting on my nerves. Read more ➺


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