eat someone out of house and home
/ˌiːt ˌsʌmwʌn ˌaʊt əv ˌhaʊs ən ˈhəʊm/INFORMAL · C1
中文对应
没有直接对应的说法
字面意思: «把某人吃得没房没家»
含义
to consume most of the food someone has at home
把某人家里的食物吃得差不多光.
例句
- 1My teenage sons are eating us out of house and home; I shop every two days.
- 2Our friends' dog stayed for a week and ate us out of house and home.
- 3When my brother's friends stay over, they eat us out of house and home, so the fridge is always empty.
- 4Gran jokes that the grandchildren ate her out of house and home over Christmas, leaving only crackers.
- 5Are the students eating you out of house and home, or do they buy their own food?
语法
只有 eat 变化形式:eats、eating、ate、eaten。someone 是简短宾语,如 me、us 或 them。
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