get the boot是英语中常用的非正式习语，核心语义为被解雇、被开除，可延伸为被驱逐、被抛弃（尤指恋爱关系中） ，强调“被迫离开”的突发性和非自愿性，语气较口语化，无字面“得到靴子”的含义。其主动形式为“give sb. the boot”，表示“解雇/赶走某人”。如：
Sean got the boot from his girlfriend after lying to her.
肖恩对女朋友撒谎后被甩了。
He didn't get the boot—their break-up was mutual.
他不是被抛弃的，他们是和平分手。
The chief reason he got the boot was because the Chancellor didn't trust him any more.
他被解职的主要原因是财政大臣不再信任他了。
5,300 more soldiers get the boot as part of the military downsizing. 作为军队裁员计划的一部分，又有5300名士兵被裁退。
He was booted out of the club for fighting with other members.
他因和其他成员打架被俱乐部开除了。（be booted out of）
The diplomats were given the boot after the diplomatic crisis broke out.
外交危机爆发后，这些外交官被驱逐出境了。
I'm going to get the boot if the boss finds out that printing error was my fault.
如果老板发现打印错误是我的错，我就要被解雇了。
If you keep messing up the chores, you'll get the boot from this team. 《摩登家庭》
要是你总把杂活搞砸，就会被踢出这个小组。
掌握主动态“give sb. the boot”与被动态“sb. get the boot”的转换，如：
The boss gave him the boot.可改写为：
He got the boot from the boss.
I thought we were giving Dylan the boot. 《小谢尔顿》
我以为我们要把迪伦赶走了。
