Put out to grass

[Jorge Lopez]

put out to grass

phrase [VERB inflects]

If you say that someone is being put out to grass, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.

[British , informal]

The Prime Minister refused to be put out to grass. Asked if he would quit, he replied: 'The answer is No'.

[David Antal-Wokes]

Hi All,

The expression I'm more familiar with is being "put out to pasture"; I can't see if one is British-English and the other is American-English. Same meaning, but at least in my mind pasture is more commonly used. Anyone else?

All the best,

David

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[Dan Lakey]

I would have said "put out to pasture" too. Everything sounds better with alliteration. 

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On 20 October 2017 at 14:04, David Antal-Wokes <d.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

The expression I'm more familiar with is being "put out to pasture"; I can't see if one is British-English and the other is American-English. Same meaning, but at least in my mind pasture is more commonly used. Anyone else?

All the best,

David

On 20 Oct 2017 1:48 pm, "Jorge Lopez" <sib...@gmail.com> wrote:

put out to grass

phrase [VERB inflects]

If you say that someone is being put out to grass, you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful.

[British , informal]

The Prime Minister refused to be put out to grass. Asked if he would quit, he replied: 'The answer is No'.

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[Raúl Cano]

TIL "alliteration"

:D