give somebody their marching orders

give (one) (one's) marching orders

To dismiss one from employment; to order one to leave or move on from a place. An allusion to a military command of deployment. After messing up that account, I'm terrified that my boss is going to give me my marching orders. Bill had been living in his parents' house for nearly a year without working when they finally gave him his marching orders out of there.

give somebody their ˈmarching orders

(British English, informal) tell somebody to leave a job, a relationship, etc: When she found out he was seeing another woman, she gave him his marching orders.

词组	give somebody their marching orders
释义	give somebody their marching orders give (one) (one's) marching orders To dismiss one from employment; to order one to leave or move on from a place. An allusion to a military command of deployment. After messing up that account, I'm terrified that my boss is going to give me my marching orders. Bill had been living in his parents' house for nearly a year without working when they finally gave him his marching orders out of there. See also: give, marche, order Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. give somebody their ˈmarching orders (British English, informal) tell somebody to leave a job, a relationship, etc: When she found out he was seeing another woman, she gave him his marching orders. See also: give, marche, order, somebody Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: drive (one) out of office force (one) out of office force out of office 1FTR give (one) (one's) head give head give somebody their head give someone their head cooking for one as one door closes, another opens
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