get the works(To "get the works" is typically employed with legal sentences: to be sentenced to the most severe punishment permitted. This expression corresponds to "give [someone] the works", to deal out the most severe punishment permitted.: But, your honor. I shouldn't get the works. I only drove too fast!stackexchange.com)
dirt-poor tough guy(I'm given to understand that people look down on Grey Goose because it's expensive for vodka, which is meant to be a drink made by and for dirt-poor tough guys.warosu.org4uzhoj)
