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@i_am_lono
Just to clarify, a Scottish euphemism for getting the boot. I used to work at a soup factory situated at the bottom of a small hill. Those fired would be sent "up the brae" rather than "doon the road" as most Northern Scottish-based employers cutting staff tended to say.