eat (one) out of house and home

To eat large quantities of one's food. This phrase is usually used hyperbolically. Kim may be tiny, but she has a big appetite, so don't be surprised if she eats you out of house and home.

See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

eat someone out of house and home

Fig. to eat everything that someone has in the house. That huge dog is eating us out of house and home. The entire football team came over and ate poor Sally out of house and home.

See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

eat someone out of house and home

Eat so much as to deplete someone's resources, as in The kids are eating her out of house and home. This hyperbole was well known by the time Shakespeare used it (2 Henry IV, 2:1): "He hath eaten me out of house and home."

See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, someone

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

eat someone out of house and home

mainly BRITISH

If someone eats you out of house and home, they eat so much food that it costs you a lot of money to feed them. My children are eating me out of house and home! They eat everybody out of house and home but nobody minds because they provide such first-rate entertainment. Note: This expression was used in Shakespeare's play `Henry IV Part II', act 2 scene 1 (1597). When asked why she wants her lodger Sir John Falstaff arrested, the landlady Mistress Quickly replies: `He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his.'

See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, someone

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

eat someone out of house and home

eat a lot of someone else's food. informal

See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, someone

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

eat somebody out of ˌhouse and ˈhome

(informal, often humorous) eat all the food that somebody has: She eats us out of house and home every time she comes to stay.

See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, somebody

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

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a turn of phrase
(one) can whistle for it
appear to
a plain Jane
(one's) game
a mystery to (one)
able to do
able to do it
a shoulder to cry on

词组	eat (one) out of house and home
释义	eat (one) out of house and home eat (one) out of house and home To eat large quantities of one's food. This phrase is usually used hyperbolically. Kim may be tiny, but she has a big appetite, so don't be surprised if she eats you out of house and home. See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. eat someone out of house and home Fig. to eat everything that someone has in the house. That huge dog is eating us out of house and home. The entire football team came over and ate poor Sally out of house and home. See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. eat someone out of house and home Eat so much as to deplete someone's resources, as in The kids are eating her out of house and home. This hyperbole was well known by the time Shakespeare used it (2 Henry IV, 2:1): "He hath eaten me out of house and home." See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, someone The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. eat someone out of house and home mainly BRITISH If someone eats you out of house and home, they eat so much food that it costs you a lot of money to feed them. My children are eating me out of house and home! They eat everybody out of house and home but nobody minds because they provide such first-rate entertainment. Note: This expression was used in Shakespeare's play `Henry IV Part II', act 2 scene 1 (1597). When asked why she wants her lodger Sir John Falstaff arrested, the landlady Mistress Quickly replies: `He hath eaten me out of house and home; he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his.' See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, someone Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. eat someone out of house and home eat a lot of someone else's food. informal See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, someone Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary eat somebody out of ˌhouse and ˈhome (informal, often humorous) eat all the food that somebody has: She eats us out of house and home every time she comes to stay. See also: and, eat, home, house, of, out, somebody Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: a change of heart a turn of phrase (one) can whistle for it appear to a plain Jane (one's) game a mystery to (one) able to do able to do it a shoulder to cry on
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