单词 | out on one's ear |
释义 | out on one's earDismissed, thrown out in disgrace, as in In this company you get only one chance, and if you fail you're out on your ear. This term alludes to being physically thrown out head first. [Slang; early 1900s] Words nearby out on one's earout of whack, out of whole cloth, out of work, out on a limb, out on bail, out on one's ear, out on the town, outpace, outparish, outpatient, outperform The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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