Have you seen walking papers in your life?

Today’s English
May 17th, 2017

What do you mean by walking papers? The letter dismissing somebody from job is referred to as walking papers.

1. He was given his walking papers and sent out of the company.
2. She was least scared of the walking papers given to her.

If you are forced to leave your job, you can say that “you are out on you ear.”
1. He was out on his ear for his incompetence in the company.(=he was dismissed for his incompetence…)
2. If the same fault is repeated, you will be out on your ear. Mind it.

But if a priest has done anything wrong, we don’t say that he is dismissed. We say, he is defrocked.
1. He is a defrocked priest.
2. The priest was defrocked for his immoral activities.

There are many such expressions to refer to dismissal of a person. Why can’t we sample a few more?

1. be fired = be dismissed
He was fired from his job for his poor performance.

2. to give somebody the heave-ho = to issue dismissal order
The manager gave him the heave-ho.

3. to boot out /to kick out
They booted/kicked him out for the misappropriation of funds.

4. to give somebody the bullet,
Give him the bullet if he is insincere.

5. to show someone the door
When his boss showed him the door, he didn’t know what to do next.

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