overstay (one's) welcome

1. To remain a guest in a place, especially someone's home, for too long, to the point where the host no longer wishes one to stay. After the cool reception I received at breakfast, it was apparent that I had overstayed my welcome at the cottage of my father's friend.

2. By extension, to do something that makes one no longer welcome in or at a place. Things were going fine at the dinner meeting until my coworker made a rather off-color joke, at which point it seemed that we'd overstayed our welcome.

词组	overstay (one's) welcome
释义	overstay (one's) welcome overstay (one's) welcome 1. To remain a guest in a place, especially someone's home, for too long, to the point where the host no longer wishes one to stay. After the cool reception I received at breakfast, it was apparent that I had overstayed my welcome at the cottage of my father's friend. 2. By extension, to do something that makes one no longer welcome in or at a place. Things were going fine at the dinner meeting until my coworker made a rather off-color joke, at which point it seemed that we'd overstayed our welcome. See also: overstay, welcome Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: I don't want to wear out my welcome cover grab (someone or something) by the throat grab someone by the throat grab someone/something by the throat get someone's dander up, to help (someone) along help along die on die on (someone or something)
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