eat someone out of house and home

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to consume most of the food someone has at home

한 집안의 먹을거리를 거의 다 먹어 치우다.

예문

1. 1My teenage sons are eating us out of house and home; I shop every two days.
2. 2Our friends' dog stayed for a week and ate us out of house and home.
3. 3When my brother's friends stay over, they eat us out of house and home, so the fridge is always empty.
4. 4Gran jokes that the grandchildren ate her out of house and home over Christmas, leaving only crackers.
5. 5Are the students eating you out of house and home, or do they buy their own food?

문법

eat만 바뀐다: eats, eating, ate, eaten. someone 자리에는 me, us, them 같은 짧은 목적어가 온다.