one's walking papers

*one's walking papers

Fig. a notice that one is fired from one's job. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; give one ~.) Well, I'm through. I got my walking papers today. They are closing down my department. I guess I'll get my walking papers soon.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yahweh	YAH-way	Theology
Wob	VAWP (Dutch), WAWP (Dutch)	Frisian, Dutch
Wibawa	wee-BAH-wah	Indonesian
Cilla	SIL-lah (Swedish), SI-lah (Dutch)	Swedish, Dutch
Avedis	-	Armenian
Amantius	-	Late Roman