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
Olivier	o-lee-VYE (French), O-lee-veer (Dutch)	French, Dutch
Broen	BRHOON	Limburgish
Davy	DAY-vee	English
Usagi	oo-sah-gee (Japanese)	Popular Culture
Berthold	BERT-hawlt	German (Archaic)
Wafai	-	Arabic