the shaft of an ax

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• the shaft — N. Amer. informal harsh or unfair treatment. → shaft …   English new terms dictionary

• give someone the shaft — give (someone) the shaft American, informal get the shaft if someone gets the shaft, they are not treated in a fair way. They gave him the shaft he lost his job for no reason at all …   New idioms dictionary

• give the shaft — give (someone) the shaft American, informal get the shaft if someone gets the shaft, they are not treated in a fair way. They gave him the shaft he lost his job for no reason at all …   New idioms dictionary

• give someone the shaft — tv. to cheat or deceive someone; to mistreat someone. (See also shaft.) □ The boss really gave Wally the shaft. □ Somebody always gives me the shaft …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• get the shaft — American, informal if someone gets the shaft, they are not treated in a fair way. The tax system is all wrong the rich just get richer and it s the poor who get the shaft …   New idioms dictionary

• get the shaft —    American    to receive harsh or unfair treatment    With many variations as to the offensive weapon figuratively used:     The executives continue to take their pay and their perks while the workers get the shaft. {New York Times, 17 March… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• give somebody the shaft — give sb the ˈshaft idiom (NAmE, informal) to treat sb unfairly Main entry: ↑shaftidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• Shaft construction — concerns the building of vertical openings such as Raises and Shafts. Shafts are vertical openings used for supplying equipment, personnel, and support systems to the horizontal tunnel where the pipeline is installed. They can be temporary or… …   Wikipedia

• Shaft — can refer to: Edwin Shaft WhiteLong narrow passages: * Edwin White * Elevator shaft * Ventilation shaft * Pitch (vertical space), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology * Shaft mining * Shafting, illicit travelling through …   Wikipedia

• Shaft collar — to DIN 705 The shaft collar is a simple, yet important, machine component found in many power transmission applications most notably motors and gearboxes. The collars are used as mechanical stops, locating components, and bearing faces. The… …   Wikipedia

• Shaft — Shaft, n. [OE. shaft, schaft, AS. sceaft; akin to D. schacht, OHG. scaft, G. schaft, Dan. & Sw. skaft handle, haft, Icel. skapt, and probably to L. scapus, Gr. ????, ????, a staff. Probably originally, a shaven or smoothed rod. Cf. {Scape},… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English