pink slip
Meaning: Notice that one has been fired from one's job.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The expression probably originates from the color of the form used to notify people that they had been fired. Such forms often came in multiple carbon copies. Each copy was a different color and was designated for a different recipient, e.g., the pay office got one particular color, while the fired person always got the pink copy.
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