put out to grass

Idioms  

1. Also, put out to pasture. Cause to retire, as in With mandatory retirement they put you out to grass at age 65, or She's not all that busy now that she's been put out to pasture. These idioms refer to farm animals sent to graze when they are no longer useful for other work.

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Example Sentences

He has been put out to grass in Hamburg, the city that played host to the 9/11 conspirators.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2014

We will just not accept being put out to grass.

From Time Magazine Archive

‘It’s not like the old days when they’d be sitting there for hours on end, like horses put out to grass.’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

She ought to be put out to grass.

From Sergeant Silk the Prairie Scout by Leighton, Robert

Shall they be stabled in the garden-palace, or shall they be put out to grass?

From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)