don't let the door hit you on the way out
Used as a command to leave in haste, or to indicate that one is glad, or at least unmoved, to see the addressed person leaving.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“You are fired, so don't let the door hit you on the way out.”
“He finally quit his job, and his boss told him, don't let the door hit you on the way out.”
“After years of betrayal, she showed him the exit and remarked that he should not let the door hit him on the way out.”
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a little of something goes a long way
Only a small amount of something is usually required to produce a great effect.
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all the way to Egery and back
The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.
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and I don't mean maybe
Indicating that one is serious and not joking about a matter.
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bang down the door
To present oneself as a strong candidate for a role or achievement, explicitly or implicitly.
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blow the doors off
To be much more important or impressive than.
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buy to let
To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it
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by the way
Irrelevantly, off-topic.
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close the stable door after the horse has bolted
To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).
Last updated August 10, 2026