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Gamboler Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Have someone out in his ear

This is the sentence (British English):

You made him a partner, that's awful! Before you know where you are, he'll have you out in your ear and he'll be running this outfit on his own.

  

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The idiom is " He'll have (or throw ) you out on your ear', ie He'll abruptly oust you from the company. Consider this simple example. Tom's wife got very angry with him, so she threw him out on his ear.

  • The idiom is " He'll have (or throw ) you out on your ear', ie He'll abruptly oust you from the company.
  • Consider this simple example.
  • Tom's wife got very angry with him, so she threw him out on his ear.
  • Clive
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The idiom is "He'll have (or throw) you out on your ear', ie He'll abruptly oust you from the company.

Consider this simple example.

Tom's wife got very angry with him, so she threw him out on his ear.

Clive

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The idiom: throw / put someone out on their ear, means to eject them unceremoniously.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/throw+out+on+ear

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