get the elbow

1. To be spurned, jilted, or rejected by someone, especially a lover or romantic interest. Samantha has had a broken heart ever since she got the elbow from Rebecca. A: "Did you hear that Liz got the elbow from Dan?" B: "Wow, I never expected those two to break up." Molly and I have been fighting so much that I think I'd be relieved to get the elbow from her at this point.

2. To be summarily dismissed or ousted from employment; to be fired. The new accountant got the elbow after a miscalculation cost the company hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tommy had been warned numerous times, so I'm not surprised he got the elbow after showing up late again today. I'm going to get the elbow if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.