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
Annigoni	[æni'gəuni:]
Atif	-	Arabic
Amando	ah-MAHN-do (Spanish, Italian)	Portuguese, Spanish, Italian
Anik	-	Indian, Hindi, Bengali
Juozapas	-	Lithuanian
Adrienn	AWD-ree-en	Hungarian