give the bird

Meaning

1. 1

   give sb / get the birdBritish

   to shout at sb as a sign of disapproval; to be shouted at

2. 2

   give sb / get the birdAmerican

   to make a rude sign at sb with your middle finger; to have this sign made at you

In the movies · 1

• - I was, you know, giving him the bird. - You know, the finger.Top Gun1986
• Did he just give our bird the bird?This Means War2012
• And that word gives this bird its name.David Attenborough's Natural History Museum Alive2014
• 'I was gonna give them a talking bird.'Paulie1998

From the same entry

• be for the birds
• the bird has flown
• a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• the birds and the bees
• a bird's - eye view
• birds of a feather
• the early bird catches the worm
• kill two birds with one stone
• a little bird told me