get the boot

Meaning: To be dismissed from a job or thrown out.

Language: English

Literally: (Already vivid in English)

Example: “He got the boot after missing three shifts.”

Category: Daily Life

Origin: As if kicked out with a boot. It is recorded from the late 19th century.

Equivalents in other languages

don't wash your dirty linen in public — Keep private problems and quarrels private.
not the sharpest tool in the shed — Not very intelligent.
since time immemorial — For longer than anyone can remember.
much ado about nothing — A lot of fuss about something unimportant.
have one's work cut out — To face a difficult task.
mum's the word — Keep this secret; say nothing.

can't see the forest for the trees — Too focused on details to understand the whole situation.
the honeymoon period — The early, happy stage of a new relationship or arrangement, before problems appear.
for donkey's years — For a very long time.
cry one's eyes out — To cry very hard and for a long time.
make sheep's eyes at — To look at someone in a lovesick, foolish way (dated).
you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar — Kindness persuades people better than harshness.

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Who sows in May gets little that way. — Late planting yields poor harvests; timing matters as much as effort in agriculture and l…
Tis too late, to spare when the bottom is bare. — Delaying financial restraint until resources are depleted renders frugality pointless and…