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Poor David, he was given the ax after National's Day.

give sb ax: fire somebody. 解雇某人

类似的短语有：get canned.

David is a lousy manager, he deserves to get canned.

lousy: terrible,bad 差劲的

get sacked/fired:

She got sacked for refusing to work on Sundays.

sack sb: dismiss sb from a job.

可我国庆节之前，一直“像狗一样工作”？凭什么解雇我？

I've been working like a dog. Why?

work like a dog: work very hard.工作很努力。

【学习英语不在于一次学多少，而是每天都学一点】