Work Idioms

Here you will find vocabulary that is useful when complaining about work.

• canned
• cut out for something
• employment insurance
• field
• get one's foot in the door
• get sacked
• get the axe
• give someone a bunch of crap
• go down the drain
• hit someone hard
• it's not what you know, but who you know
• job hunt
• keep one's head above water
• laid off
• let go
• look down
• lose one's livelihood
• peanuts
• show someone the ropes
• shown the door
• suck
• things are looking up
• up to scratch