order of the boot

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. Dismissal. humorous,informal
    — I have been talking to Pasley . . . He was at the same school with Alec Waugh and confirms the story of his getting the order of the boot.

词形变化

the order of the boot canonical

词源

An allusion to orders such as the Order of the Garter, and the phrase get the boot.
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