out on his ear

English translation: was thrown out of the company

04:58 May 20, 2005

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Human Resources / High potentials, rising stars

English term or phrase: out on his ear

The candidate's *** upstream-marketing *** skills were poor to nonexistent. The company's market share declined precipitously, and three years later the CEO was out on his ear.
Can you please explain the meaning of "out on his ear"? TIA

Maurizio Valente
Italy

Selected answer:was thrown out of the company

Explanation:
literally on his ear

Selected response from:

Jonathan MacKerron

Grading comment

Many thanks to you all.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED

2 +6

was thrown out of the company

Jonathan MacKerron

5 +3

given the boot ( to preserve the registrer) fired/ sacked

David Hollywood

4 +3

Not working there any more

Can Altinbay

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

Not working there any more

Explanation:
...to put it mildly.

Can Altinbay
Local time: 22:08
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 8

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

was thrown out of the company

Explanation:
literally on his ear

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Many thanks to you all.

11 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

given the boot ( to preserve the registrer) fired/ sacked

Explanation:
it means he had done someting so unforgiveable that he "had to go"

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Note added at 17 mins (2005-05-20 05:15:32 GMT)
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all of these options mean \" dismissed\" \"let go\" i.e. he lost his job but the regeister is very coloquial so ....

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Note added at 19 mins (2005-05-20 05:17:51 GMT)
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means he was so inefficient he had to go

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Note added at 20 mins (2005-05-20 05:19:02 GMT)
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and it\'s fairly strong so \"boot\" woulsd be fine here

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Note added at 24 mins (2005-05-20 05:22:55 GMT)
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would :)

David Hollywood
Local time: 23:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

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