give someone the moon door 与某人分手

To give someone the moon door means to break up with somebody. Alternatively, it means to fire somebody from a job.

把某人推出月亮门指与某人分手，也可以指，把某人炒鱿鱼。

 

Basically, the word describes any situation in which someone's position or status is completely stripped away from them in one fell swoop¹.

这个表达的基本意思就是，一下子就把某人的身份或地位完全剥夺。

 

This phrase derives² from the book and TV series, Game of Thrones, in which there is a castle on a high mountain with a hatch built into the floor. This hatch is called the "Moon Door." When opened, the Moon Door releases people into mid³ air, so that they fall directly to the floor of the Vale far below.

这个表达来源于热门小说及改编电视剧《权力的游戏》，里面有个城堡建在高山上，而城堡的地面上有个可以打开的出口，这个出口就叫“月亮门”。这个月亮门一旦被打开，站在上面的人就会跌落到下面的深谷中。

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