be kicked to the curb
be kicked to the curb
To be discarded, abandoned, or dismissed (as from employment) due to being unwanted, obsolete, or redundant. I can't believe that I was kicked to the curb after 20 years of hard work for that company! I think it's about time this old computer was kicked to the curb. I heard Jenny's new boyfriend has already been kicked to the curb. Easy come, easy go!
See also: curb, kick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- curb
- get kicked to the curb
- kick (someone or something) to the curb
- autem cackler
- turn about
- autem mort
- mot
- no one is indispensable
- end up in the knacker's yard
- camp candlestick