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1 get one's walking orders
(get one's walking(-)orders (walking(-)papers или walking(-)ticket, get the bird, kick, mitten, push или sack разг.; жарг. тж. get the boot, bounce, chuck, the order of the boot или hoof; амер. жарг. get the air, ax или gate))1) быть уволенным, выгнанным с работы, "вылететь" [get one's walking(-)orders, walking(-)papers или walking(-)ticket, get the mitten] [первонач. амер.]; см. тж. get the bird2)Father O'Gorman had got his walking papers by this time. He was going to London and promised to bring the wrongs and grievances of people of the goldfields before members of the House of Commons with whom he was acquainted. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 61) — К тому времени отец О'Горман был уже смещен. Он собирался в Лондон и обещал довести до сведения некоторых членов палаты общин обо всех невзгодах и притеснениях, которые терпит народ на приисках.
Dave shouted at the trammer-boss, ‘Out of every thousand workers, surface and underground, only eighty-three are kept on after they reach forty-five! That's what is better, all right! We're on the slag dump twenty years before we can claim a pension! So the work is safer now, eh? Safer for who? Safer for the guys who get the gate by the hundreds every week?’ (D. Carter, ‘Fatherless Sons’, ch. 28) — - Из каждой тысячи рабочих и под землей и на поверхности только восемьдесят три продолжают работать после сорока пяти лет! - кричал Дейв на старшего откатчика. - Вот оно улучшение труда! Нас выбрасывают на свалку за двадцать лет до того, как наступает срок пенсии! Значит, сейчас работать не так опасно, да? Только для кого? Для тех рабочих, которых каждую неделю сотнями вышвыривают за ворота?
‘Am I going to get the push?’ said McGrath. Ducane hesitated. In fact McGrath's dismissal was a certainty. (I. Murdoch, ‘The Nice and the Good’, ch. 2) — - А меня выгонят с работы? - спросил Мак-Грат. Дакейн ответил не сразу. Действительно, уже было принято решение уволить Мак-Грата.
3) (только get the air, ax, bounce, gate, mitten, push или sack) получить отказ, отставку, быть отвергнутым; ≈ остаться с носом ( о женихе)Young gentlemen that have got the mitten... always sigh. (OED) — Благородные юноши, отвергнутые своими дамами сердца... обычно только горько вздыхают.
Joe is sad because he just got the gate from his girl. (DAI) — Джо грустит, так как его девушка дала ему отставку.
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2 get one's walking(-)papers
1) быть увoлeнным, выгнaнным c paбoты, «вылeтeть» [ get one's walking (-) papers пepвoнaч. aмep.]I hear your boss is getting his walking papers,' she said (J. Susann). When you were ill, I stole for you. I got the bird for it (J. Galsworthy). 'Am I going to get the push?' said McGrath. Ducane hesitated. In fact McGrath's dismissal was a certainty (J. Murdoch)2) пoлучить oткaз, oтcтaвку, быть oтвepгнутым; ocтaтьcя c нocoм (o жeниxe', тж. get the gate)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > get one's walking(-)papers
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3 get one's walking(-)papers
1) быть увoлeнным, выгнaнным c paбoты, «вылeтeть» [ get one's walking (-) papers пepвoнaч. aмep.]I hear your boss is getting his walking papers,' she said (J. Susann). When you were ill, I stole for you. I got the bird for it (J. Galsworthy). 'Am I going to get the push?' said McGrath. Ducane hesitated. In fact McGrath's dismissal was a certainty (J. Murdoch)2) пoлучить oткaз, oтcтaвку, быть oтвepгнутым; ocтaтьcя c нocoм (o жeниxe', тж. get the gate)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > get one's walking(-)papers
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