get (your) walking papers

American

give (someone their) walking papers - to tell someone they must leave their job.

Since they got their walking papers from the chemical company, none of them has been able to find another job.

• hard to swallow
• hard to take
• hark back to
• hark back to something
• harm a hair on head
• harm a hair on someone's head
• harp on
• harp on something
• has-been
• has got game
• hash out
• hash out something
• has more bark than bite
• Has the cat got tongue?
• Has the cat got your tongue?
• hatchet job
• hatchet man
• hate guts
• hate someone's guts
• hat in hand
• hats off to
• hats off to someone
• haul ass
• haul into
• haul into somewhere