give somebody the shaft Idioma
shaft
give (one) the shaft
To exploit, cheat, or booty advantage of one; to amusement one unfairly. Whenever a advance comes around, administration consistently manages to accord me the shaft. Because we alive in a tiny, rural community, we feel like the government tends to accord us the shaft.Learn more: give, shaftgive somebody the ˈshaft
(American English, informal) amusement somebody unfairly: It seems to me that the big corporations are befitting all the money for themselves and giving the shaft to accustomed consumers, as usual.Learn more: give, shaft, somebody
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