kicking upstairs



deposition, deprivation, disbarment, dismissal, displacement, expulsion, firing, liquidation, overthrow, purge, removal, retirement, suspension ,

   the theatre - Broadway, boards, burlesque, carnival, circus, drama, legit, stage, stock, summer stock, theatre, variety, vaudeville ,

   unlearned capacity - archetype, blind impulse, id, impulse, instinct, libido ,

   intrigues - connections, deal, game, intrigue, lobbying, ploy, scheme, strings ,

   misconstrue - bias, colour, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misdirect,

   telegraph cable - cable, line, party line, trunk, trunk line ,

   illiberality - avarice, bigotry, blind spot, blinders, closeness, fanaticism, insularity, intolerance, littleness, meanness, near-sightedness, nearness, parochialism, pettiness, provincialism,

   bather - bathing beauty, diver, frogman, mermaid ,

   treasury certificate - certificate of deposit, note, portfolio, stocks and bonds, treasury note, warrant ,

   combat zone - battlefield, field, firing line, front, front line, line, shambles, theatre ,

   read tea leaves - divine, dope, forebode, forecast, foresee, foretell, guess, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate, prophesy, soothsay, speculate, tell fortunes ,