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
Frankie	FRANGK-ee	English
Valeria	[və'liəriə]
Florencia	flo-REN-thyah (Spanish), flo-REN-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Epiphany	i-PIF-ə-nee	English (Rare)
Sorley	SAWR-lee	Scottish, Irish
Cissy	SIS-ee	English