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.
See also:
  • 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.