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• give (someone) the air —    to dismiss from employment    The employee may also, if so unfortunate, be given the bag1, the boot, the bullet, the breeze, the sack, notice, warning, the wind2, his running shoes, etc. Also, apart from the bag, the sack, notice, or warning,… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• give someone the air — idi+inf to reject someone, as a lover …   From formal English to slang

• the air —    peremptory dismissal from employment or courtship    • Referring to the figurative or actual ejection from the premises in which the work or courting took place:     If Victoria wants to give Jamie the air, it s no business of ours. (Deighton …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• give the air — To dismiss • • • Main Entry: ↑air …   Useful english dictionary

• give somebody the finger — give sb the ˈfinger idiom (NAmE, informal) to raise your middle finger in the air with the back part of your hand facing sb, done to be rude to sb or to show them that you are angry Main entry: ↑fingeridiom …   Useful english dictionary

• Symphony of the Air — Симфонический оркестр NBC (англ. NBC Symphony Orchestra) американский симфонический оркестр, созданный в 1937 г. главным идеологом телерадиовещательной компании Артуро Тосканини. К собиранию и подготовке оркестра были привлечены другие выдающиеся …   Википедия

• Give Me the Reason — Infobox Album Name = Give Me the Reason Type = studio Artist = Luther Vandross Released = September 24 1986 Recorded = 1986 at AIR Studios Montserrat (Montserrat) Minot Sound (White Plains, New York) Westlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood,… …   Wikipedia

• Walking in the Air — is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film of Raymond Briggs 1976 graphic novel The Snowman . In the film the song was performed by St. Paul s Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty. For the subsequent single release, which reached… …   Wikipedia

• Mainly on the Air — Cover of the first British edition of Mainly on the Air (1946) Mainly on the Air was written by English caricaturist, essayist and parodist Max Beerbohm. It was published in 1946 by Heinemann and is a collection of the texts of a series of six… …   Wikipedia

• up in the air —    If a matter is up in the air, no decision has been made and there is uncertainty about it.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    If something, such as a plan or decision, is up in the air, it has not been decided or settled yet.     I can t… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• give the air — See: GIVE THE BOUNCE(1) …   Dictionary of American idioms