get (one's) walking papers

To be dismissed from employment or to be ordered to leave or move on from a place. After messing up that account, I'm terrified that I'm going to get my walking papers. When Bill came home drunk for the fourth night in a row, he finally got his walking papers from his wife.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Redding	[rediŋ]
Iared	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Luukas	LOO:-kahs	Finnish
Emmanuelle	e-man-WEL	French
HermÍNio	-	Portuguese
Charlotte	['ʃa:lət]