Jack Out of Office
One no longer in office.
I am left out; for me nothing remains.
But long I will not be Jack-out-of-office
Shakespeare: 1 Henry VI., I. I.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Jack Out of Office from Fact Monster:
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