get (one's) walking papers



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.
See also: get, paper, walking

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aurea-Late Roman
Ruslanroo-SLAHN (Russian)Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche
Ronaldarah-NAWL-daScottish
Terje (2)-Estonian
Soili-Finnish
Anastasioah-nahs-TAH-zyo (Italian), ah-nahs-TAH-syo (Spanish)Italian, Spanish