Kick someone to the curb meaning
What does the saying 'Kick someone to the curb' mean?
Idiom: Kick someone to the curb
Meaning:
If you kick someone to the curb, you fire them- they are longer employed or wanted.
(In British English, you kick someone to the kerb.)
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