get (one's) walking papers
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.
See also: get, paper, walking
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- away from it all
- be out of (one's) head
- be at a disadvantage
- at a disadvantage
- address comments or remarks to
- address (one's) comments to (someone or something)
- address (one's) remarks to (someone or something)
- be in it for
- be more than (something)
- be more than glad, ready, etc.