Meaning: capers

'keɪpən.
any of numerous plants of the genus Capparispickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and saucesa crime (especially a robbery)a playful leap or hopgay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusementa ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement
v.
jump about playfully

apers Idiom, Proverb

give one one's walking papers

Idiom(s): give one one's walking papers

Theme: DISMISSAL - EMPLOYMENT

to fire someone; to dismiss someone from employment.
• Tom has proved unsatisfactory. I decided to give him his walking papers.
• We might even give Sally her walking papers, too.

get one's walking papers

Idiom(s): get one's walking papers

Theme: FAILURE

to get fired. (Informal.)
• Well, I'm through. I got my walking papers today.
• They are closing down my department. I guess I'll get my walking papers soon.

Get Your Walking Papers

Get fired from a job.

walking papers|orders|papers|ticket|walking|walkin

n., informal A statement that you are fired from your job; dismissal. The boss was not satisfied with Paul's work and gave him his walking papers. George is out of work. He picked up his walking ticket last Friday.

cut capers

cut capers
Also, cut a caper. Frolic or romp, as in The children cut capers in the pile of raked leaves. The noun caper comes from the Latin for “goat,” and the allusion is to act in the manner of a young goat clumsily frolicking about. The expression was first recorded in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1:3): “Faith, I can cut a caper.”

walking papers

walking papers
A dismissal, as in They're downsizing, and I got my walking papers last week. This slangy expression, first recorded in 1835, refers to a written notice of dismissal.