out on your ear
out on (one's) ear
Removed from a place or situation, especially a place of employment, often unceremoniously. After 10 years of loyal service to that company, I'm out on my ear just because the new manager doesn't like me. Come on, we've been sitting here chatting for far too long. Let's finish our drinks before the restaurant puts us out on our ear.
See also: ear, on, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
out on your ear
BRITISH, INFORMALIf you are out on your ear, you have been suddenly made to leave a course, job, or group. I'd failed the first year exam in the History of Art. I had to pass the re-sit or I'd be out on my ear. I never complained. I'd have been out on my ear looking for another job if I had.
See also: ear, on, out
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
out on your ear
dismissed or ejected ignominiously. informal 1997 Accountancy At the age of 47, he found himself out on his ear, victim of Lord Hanson's policy of taking over companies…and replacing senior management.
See also: ear, on, out
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