"out on one's ear" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-out on one's ear.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} out on one's ear (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace. Tags: informal, not-comparable Translations (fired, dismissed): heittää pellolle (Finnish), ajaa pellolle (Finnish), erottaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-out_on_one's_ear-en-adj-T3d1gRZ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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